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MRS. ULYSSES S. GRANT, 

PRESIDENT. 




WOMEN’S NATIONAL WAR RELIEF 
ASSOCIATION 


Organized for the Emergency of the 

SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR 

REPORT 

March 1898, to January, 1899 




Printed by order of the 
BOARD OF DIRECTORS 
NEW YORK 


1899 

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Copyright, 1890, by 
Ellen Hardin Walworth 

(Acting for the Women’s National War Relief Association) 

Ww'OCOPI&o HliCwIVc./. 



THE KING PRESS, 105 WILLIAM ST. N. Y. 


CONTENTS. 


PART I. 

REPORTS OF OFFICERS. 

PAGE 


List of Illustrations v 

List of Officers vii 

List of Board of Directors viii 

List of Advisory Board viii 

List of Executive Committee viii 

Constitution 1 

General Circular 5 

Circular of the Advisory Board 6 

Report of the Recording Secretary, Miss Anne Rhodes 9 

Reports of the Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. Eugene E. McLean 17 

Report of the Registrar, Miss Elizabeth Marquand 20 

Report of the Treasurer, Mrs. Victoria Raymond, succeeded by 

Mrs. Emily Warren Roebling 21 


PART II. 

STATEMENT OF THE DIRECTOR GENERAL. 

Open Letter to Patriotic Women 

Application to Secretary of Navy 

First Auxiliaries 

Aid to Hospital Ship “ Relief” 

Official Letters from Surgeons, Etc 

Report of Visit to Washington 

Report of Work at Fortress Monroe 

Appointment of Assistant Director General, Miss Helen Miller Gould 

Formation of Irvington and Tarrytown Auxiliaries 

Specimen pages of Miss Gould’s Order Book 

Report of Irvington Auxiliary 

Report of Tarrytown Hospital Branch 

Work in the hospitals of the Port of New York 


33 

34 

40 

41 

42 
48 
53 
57 

57 

58 
60 
66 
67 


IV 


CONTENTS. 


Report of Work at Montauk 

Conditions at Montauk 

Summary of supplies distributed at Montauk 

Work of Reubena Hyde Walworth 

In Memoriam — Reubena Hyde Walworth 

Convalescent Soldiers, arrangement for their care 

Report of Dr. A. E. Gallant, Physician in Charge at “ Camp Walworth ” 

Reception to Mrs. Grant by the Board of Directors W. N. W. R. A 

Closing of work at Montauk 

Supplies sent to Yellow Fever Hospital at Santiago 

Steam launch sent to Yellow Fever Hospital, Santiago 

Preparation of the Final Report of the Association .... 

Resolutions adopted by the Legislature of New Jersey 

In Memoriam — Mrs. Charles H. Raymond 


PAGE 

71 

75 


. 79 

. 84 

. 85 

85 

. 100 
. 104 
. 104 
. 104 
. 105 
. 105 
. 106 


PART m. 

REPORTS OF AU.XILIARIES. 


Auxiliary of Staten Island 109 

“ Haarlem Philharmonic Society of New York 110 

“ Pascal School Children HO 

“ Little Men and Women of ’76 HI 

“ Zion and St. Timothy 112 

“ West Side 113 

“ Lexington, Ky 113 

“ King’s Daughters 114 

“ East Orange ■ 122 

“ Irvington 60 

“ Tarrytown 66 

“ Nyack 88 

“ Glen Cove 123 

“ All Souls Unitarian Church • 123 

“ Mt. Vernon • 124 

“ Utica, N. Y 126 

“ Tivoli 127 

“ Fortnightly 127 

“ Hamilton, N. Y 127 

“ Georgia Army and Navy League of Atlanta 127 

“ Quassaick Chapter, D. A. R., Newburgh, N. Y 128 

“ Poughkeepsie, N. Y 129 

“ Vassar 130 

“ Washington Avenue Baptist Church, Brooklyn, N. Y, 131 

“ Roxbury, N. Y 131 

“ United Daughters of the Confederacy, N. Y 132 

“ Lakewood, N. J 132 

List of National Committee 133 


LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 


FACING 

PAGE 

Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant, President Title 

Mrs. Ellen Hardin Walworth, Director General vii 

Certificate of Incorporation 1 

Mrs. Daniel Butterfield, Chairman Executive Committee 4 

Mrs. Russell Sage, Vice-Chairman Executive Committee 10 

Mrs. S. V. White, Vice-Chairman Executive Committee 12 

Miss Anne Rhodes, Recording Secretary 14 

Camp Life. Kitchen at Fort Wadsworth 16 

Mrs. Eugene E. McLean, Corresponding Secretary 18 

Transport “Berlin” 19 

Mrs. Charles H. Raymond, Treasurer 20 

Mrs. Washington A. Roebling, Treasurer 24 

{Succeeding Mrs. Raymond) 

Mr. E. Ellery Anderson, Chairman Advisory Board 28 

Mrs. Mary Lowe Dickinson, Vice-President 30 

Miss Reuben A Hyde Walworth, Registrar 32 

{Succeeded by Miss Elizabeth Marqnand) 

Mrs. George Lewis Gillespie, Director 34 

Mrs. J. S. T. Str.anahan, Vice-President 36 

Mrs. James R. McKee, Director 38 

Mrs. William W. Teall, Vice-President 40 

Mrs. Fitzhugh Lee, Vice-President 42 

Mr. George W. Coppell, Vice-Chairman Advisory Board 44 

vice-presidents. 

Mrs. Governor William A. Richards, Wyoming 46 

Mrs. Governor Lorrin A. Cooke, Connecticut 46 

Mrs. Governor William Y. Atkinson, Georgia . . 46 

Mrs. Governor William O. Bradley, Kentucky 46 

Mrs. Governor Alva Adams, Colorado 46 

Mrs. Governor J. B. Rogers, Washington 48 

Mrs. Governor Frank Steunenberg, Idaho • 48 

Mrs. Governor Daniel H. Hastings, Pennsylvania 48 

Mrs. Governor John R. Tanner, Illinois 48 

Mrs. Governor T. Hoge Tyler, Virginia 48 

Mrs. Governor Miguel A. Otero, New Mexico . . • 50 

Mrs. Governor William P. Lord, Oregon 50 

Mrs. Governor Elisha Dyer, Rhode Island 50 

Mrs. Governor Andrew E. Lee, South Dakota .' 50 

Mrs. Governor Dan W. Jones, Arkansas • 50 


VI 


LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 


FACING 

PAGE 


Fortress Monroe — General Hospital 

Fortress Monroe — General and Field Hospital 

Montauk — Transporting the sick 

Lyndhurst, Country Residence of Miss Helen Miller Gould 

Woody Crest — Irvington Auxiliary House 

Convalescent Soldiers at Tarry town 

Fort Wadsworth, Staten Island — Post and Field Hospital 

Montauk— Road leading to General Hospital 

Map of Montauk 

Fortress Monroe — General Hospital 

Montauk — Ground Plan, General Hospital 


54 

56 

58 

60 

65 

66 
67 
70 
72 
74 
76 


Miss Annie Wheeler 78 

Montauk — Detention Hospital ^0 

Montauk — Cemetery of Detention Hospital 83 

Montauk — Ground Plan, Detention Hospital 84 

Entrance to Camp Walworth 86 

Camp Jewett, Convalescent Home, Nyack, N. Y 88 

Registering Soldiers at Camp Walworth 89 

Camp Walworth — Reading Room 90 

Fortress Monroe — Dressing wounds 92 

Montauk — Soldier’s Burial 94 

Enjoying sandwiches distributed on disembarkation 96 

Montauk Landing 101 

Montauk — Camp of 7th Regiment 102 

View at Montauk 103 

Santiago-de-Cuba — Yellow Fever Hospital 104 

Santiago — General View 108 

Santiago — Morro 112 

Santiago — Wreck of the Mercedes 114 

Santiago — Palace, Headquarters of U S. Commandant 115 

San Juan, Porto Rico — Church 117 

San Juan, Porto Rico — Building used as Hospital 118 

San Juan, Porto Rico — Ward in General Hospital 120 

San Juan, Porto Rico — Soldiers’ Kitchen 122 

San Juan, Porto Rico — Morro 124 

San Juan, Porto Rico — Tropical Scene 126 

Ponce, Porto Rico — General Hospital 128 

Field Hospital 130 

Transporting Rations 132 

Transport Port Victor 136 

Discharged Soldiers returning on Transport to Porto Rico to join Police Force .... 140 

Soldiers getting Rations on Transport 144 

Montauk — Cemetery of General Hospital 146 

Map of Long Island 


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MRS, ELLEH HARD'N WALWORTH, 



TDomm'e (Uaitonaf 'Wav (Reftef @e60ctatton 


PRESIDENT. 

Mrs. general U. S. GRANT. 

DIRECTOR-GENERAL. 

Mrs. ELLEN HARDIN WALWORTH. 

ASSIST.ANT DIRECTOR-GENERAL. 

Miss HELEN MILLER GOULD. 

VICE-PRESIDENTS. 

Mrs. Attorney-General John W. Griggs, Washington, D. C. 

Mrs. Governor Roger Wolcott Massachusetts 

Mrs. Governor Elish.\ Dyer Rhode Island 

Mrs. Governor John R. Tanner Dlinois 

Mrs. Governor J. Hoge Tyler Virginia 

Mrs. Governor Willl\m A. Richards Wyoming 

Mrs. Governor Alv.\ Adams Colorado 

Mrs. Governor Lorrin A. Cooke Connecticut 

Mrs. Governor As.\ S. Bushnell Ohio 

Mrs. Governor Frank A. Briggs North Dakota 

Mrs. Governor William O. Br.adley Kentucky’ 

Mrs. Governor Joseph F. Johnston Alabama 

Mrs. Governor C. M. B.\rnes Oklahoma 

Mrs. Governor William Y. Atkinson Georgia 

Mrs. Governor Frank Steunenberg Idaho 

Mrs. Governor J. B. Rogers Washington 

Mrs. Governor Miguel A. Otero New Mexico 

Mrs. Governor William P. Lord Oregon 

Mrs. Governor Robert B. Smith Montana 

Mrs. Governor Dan W. Jones Arkansas 

Mrs. Governor Andrew E. Lee South Dakota 

Mrs. Governor G. W. Atkinson West Virginia 

Mrs. Governor Lewellyn Powers Maine 

Mrs. Governor D.\niel H. Hastings Pennsylvania 

Mrs. Fitzhcgh Lee, Mrs. J. S. T. Str.vn.\han, Mrs. John A. Logan, 

Mrs. John Sherwood, Mrs. Mary Lowe Dickinson, Mrs. Willi.\m W. Teall. 


VIII 


LIST OK OFFICERS. 


REC. SECRETARY. 

Miss Anne Rhodes. 

TREASURER. 

Mrs. Charles H. Raymond, 

succeeded by 

Mrs. Washington A. Roebling. 


COR. SECRETARY. 

Mrs. Eugene E. McLean. 

REGISTRAR. 

Miss Reubena H. Walworth, 
succeeded by 

Miss Elizabeth ^SIarquand. 


Mrs. E. Ellery Anderson. 
Mrs. George Lewis Gillespie. 
Mrs. Harmon D. Hull. 

Mrs. Daniel S. Lamont. 
i\Iiss Elizabeth Marquand. 


BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 

Mrs. Russell Sage. 

Miss Helen M. Gould. 
Mrs. James R. McKee 
Mrs. Eugene E. McLean. 
Mrs. Charles H. Raymond 


Miss Anne Rhodes. 

Mrs. Washington A. Roebling. 
Mrs. Nelso.n A. Miles. 

Mrs. S. V. White. 

Mrs. E. H. Walworth. 


ADVISORY 

Mr. E. Ellery Anderson, Chairman. 

Mr. George W. Coppell, Vice-Chairman. 

Mr. Jacob H. Schiff. 

General Louis Fitzgerald. 

Mr. Chas. Bulkley Hubbell. 

Mr. James ( 


BOARD. 

Mr. Charles H. Raymond. 
Mr. George S. Bow doin'. 

Mr. Isaac N. Seligman. 
General Daniel S. Lamont, 
Rev. Dr. Tho.mas R. Slicer. 

. Carter. 


Mrs. Daniel Butterfi 
Mrs. Russell Sage, 
Mrs. S. V. White, - 

^Irs. Joseph H. Craig. 

Mrs. J.ANViER Le Due. 

Mrs. G. W. Bartholomew. 
Mrs. Jasper Cairns. 

Mrs. James T. Barrow. 

Mrs. W. F. Wood. 

Mrs. C. H. Hunt. 

Miss Kate Bond. 

Miss Alice H. Cady. 

Miss Isabel Hapgood. 

Mrs. T. B. O’Neill. 

Mrs. Thomas H. New.man. 
Mrs. Theodore Caskin. 

Mrs. F. B. Tippett. 

Mrs. W. G. Choate. 

Mrs. Johnson L. de Peyster. 
Mrs. Henry Lubeck. 


EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 
?;ld, - - - . 

Mrs. Eugene Frayer. 

Mrs. H. E. Coe. 

Mrs. C. L. Darrow. 

Mrs. R. W. Aborn. 

Mrs. Hebbard K. Browne. 
^liss Helen B. Browne. 
Mrs. John Jacob Astor. 
Mrs. Will Carleton. 

Mrs. Charles A. Hoyt. 

Mrs. Frederick D. Grant. 
Mrs. Wii.i.iAM M. Polk. 

Mrs. Abby vS. Richardson. 
Mrs. J. Morris Brown. 

Dr. Alice Brown. 
jMrs. L.wrence Boggs. 

Mrs. Seth Low. 

Mi.ss Genevieve K.B. Andrew 


Chairman. 

Vice-Chairman. 

- Vice-Chairman. 

Miss Marion C. Smith. 

Mrs. N. P. Worthington. 
Jlrs. George W. Miller. 

Mrs. Roger A. Pryor. 

Mrs. A. D. Storrs. 

Mrs. Theo. F. Kane. 

Mrs. F. J. Higginson. 

Mrs. C. F. Roe. 

Mrs. J. S. T. Stranahan. 
Mrs. R. AV. Huntington. 

Mrs. Charles C. Byrne. 

Mrs. Mont. Schuyler. 

Mrs. W. W. Read. 

Airs. F. W. Hopkins. 

Mrs. George Hoadley. 

Mrs. John Van Buren Thayer. 
Mrs. John D. Arnold. 









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STATES OE 




INCORPORATED. 


CONSTITUTION. 

Adopted May 9, 1898. 




ARTICLE 1. 


NAME. 

The name of this organization shall be the Women’s National War Relief 
Association. 


ARTICLE 11. 

OBJECTS. 

Section 1. To give expression in a practical way to the patriotic senti- 
ment of the women of the nation, by finding means to supplement with material 
aid the sacrifices of time, strength, and life made by the men of the nation in 
the present war. 

Sec. 2. To keep in remembrance the cause of humanity and the pres- 
ervation of liberty which made this war necessary, and to cultivate a sensitive 
regard for the honor of the nation and the flag. 

Sec. 3. To collect money and have it applied to the promotion of the 
health and comfort of officers, soldiers and sailors in the army and navy, 
according to the approval of the President of the United States, Secretaries 
of War and the Navy, and Surgeons-General. 

ARTICLE III. 

MEMBERSHIP. 

Section 1. All patriotic women and all children may become members 
on registration. 

Sec. 2. Men may become associate members. Honorary members 
may be elected by the executive board. 

Sec. 3. All members shall register or be duly registered upon payment 
of the registration fee for one year, under the following declaration, which 
shall be written or printed at the beginning of registration books or at the 
head of registration rolls : 

“ I hereby declare my allegiance to the United States of America, and 
my desire to contribute toward the general welfare, health and comfort of the 
men engaged in the military and naval service of the Republic in the present 
war.” 


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ARTICLE IV. 


OFFICERS, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, STANDING COMMITTEES. 

Section 1. There shall be a president, a director-general and vice- 
presidents, a secretary, corresponding secretary and registrar, a national 
treasurer, and a treasurer of the executive committee. 

Sec. 2. There shall be a national committee of the Association to 
which the executive committee shall report quarterly, a board of directors 
whose members are members of the national committee ; there shall be local 
committees in cities, towns and villages, or in churches and organizations, the 
chairmen appointed or approved by the executive committee. The chairman 
of each local committee shall appoint or have elected a secretary for regis- 
tration, and a treasurer for the committee ; each local committee shall work in 
conjunction with the national committee and report monthly to the executive 
committee, and transmit by its treasurer all funds received by the local com- 
mittee ; such amounts and all others received by the executive treasurer shall 
be promptly transmitted to the national treasurer, and will be publicly acknowl- 
edged. 

Sec. 3. The affairs of the Association shall be managed by a board of 
directors duly incorporated, who report quarterly to the executive committee. 

ARTICLE V. 
finance. 

Section 1. At the time of registration, members of the national com- 
mittee and all local committees shall pay the registration fee of one dollar. 
All other persons who are adults shall pay a registration fee of twenty-five 
cents, and children under fourteen years of age, a registration fee of ten cents 
(registration rolls of children to be separated from others). Larger amounts 
than the regular fee which may be given at the time of registration shall not 
be charged to the amount credited to the registration rolls, but will be gladly 
received and recorded, minus the regular fee, under the head of gratuities, by 
the local treasurer. 

Sec. 2. The local treasurers shall transmit for the local committees, the 
amount of all fees, subscriptions, collections from entertainments, etc., to the 
treasurer of the executive committee, in sums of not less than five dollars, 
which shall be deposited with and disbursed by the national treasurer, upon 
an order of the board of directors. 


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MRS. DANIEL BUTTERFIELD, 

CHAIRMAN OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 





Sec. 3. Each local committee may disburse a small special fund for 
stationery and postage only, reporting the amount in the monthly statement 
sent to the executive committee. 

Sec. 4. The executive committee may disburse a special fund for sta- 
tionery, postage, copying and printing, reporting the amount to the national 
committee. 

ARTICLE VI. 

AMENDMENTS. 

Section 1. Amendments may be made to this Constitution at any regu- 
lar meeting of the executive committee, provided they are read at a previous 
meeting and a copy of them is sent by its secretary to every member of the 
committee three days before the meeting at which the vote upon them will 
be taken. 


TTomen's (Uafionaf TTar (Refief (^60octaffon. 

circular issued may 16, 1898. 

Headquarters, Windsor Hotel, New York. 

The work in aid of our officers, soldiers and sailors, during the present war, will be under 
the management and control of a National Committee, an Executive Committee and a Board 
of Directors. Auxiliaries or Local Committees may be formed in cities, towns, villages, and 
in organizations and churches, or where a sufficient number of persons can combine to do 
efficient work and report individually or in groups to the Executive Committee, they will be 
entirely free in regard to the details of their work, which must conform to the direct purposes 
of the Association. They shall each select a Secretary for registration who shall keep a full 
record of names and payments, and a Treasurer to receive these and other funds raised, and 
to forward them in sums of not less than five dollars to the Treasurer of the Executive Com- 
mittee. Auxiliaries and Local Committees of counties, cities, etc., may have Auxiliary Com- 
mittees. Members of all Committees are ex-officio members of the National Committee. 

The purpose of the National Committee is to give expression in a practical way, to the 
patriotic sentiment of the women of the nation, by finding means to supplement with material 
aid the sacrifices of time, strength, and life made by the men of the nation. To carry out this 
purpose large sums of money will be needed, which may be obtained by small contributions as 
well as by large ones. These smaller sums will be raised by registration fees, each registered 
name to be accompanied by the sum of twenty-five cents for adult membership, and ten cents 
for children under fourteen years of age. Members of Committees will be required to pay a 
registration fee of one dollar each. 

It is suggested that every means should be employed — such as fairs, loan exhibitions, en- 
tertainments, and private subscriptions — to raise sums, large and small, for the carrying out 
of this great, patriotic and humane undertaking. The efforts of the Association have been 
approved by the Secretaries of War and the Navy, and the money collected will be dis- 
tributed mainly through those departments. In less than a month over three thousand dollars 


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has been distributed through these official channels to aid in the equipment of the ambulance 
ship “Relief,” of the War Department, and in supplies for that and the ambulance ship 
“ Solace,” of the Navy Department. Hospital supplies and flannel bands have also been sent 
to the Marine Corps at Guantanamo. Thus we have the facility by Government authority to 
make a direct application of money and .supplies to the immediate needs of our soldiers and 
sailors. Surgeon-General Sternberg announces the following articles as acceptable : “ Canned 
soups, jellies, ginger ale, biscuit, orange marmalade, also gingham pajamas and broad bands 
of light flannel." On reporting such articles to us at the Windsor Hotel, New York City, printed 
labels and special directions will be furnished individuals and organizations. 

The registration fee is for one year, when, if peace is not declared, it may be renewed. 

Inquiries addressed as above will be cheerfully answered. If you cannot use the enclosed 
roll, kindly give it to a friend who may be able to do so, or return it. 


CIRCULAR ISSUED AUGUST 9, 1898. 


Dear Sir: 

The Women’s National War Relief Association has been formed for the pur- 
pose of extending aid and comfort to the sick and wounded soldiers and sailors of our country 
in the present war. The funds it collects are conflned solely to the relief of our own Army and 
Navy, and any surplus which may remain on hand in the event of peace will, of course, be ap- 
plied in strict conformity with the declared purposes of the organization. 

The Association has contributed largely to fitting out the hospital .ship “ Relief,” has for- 
warded large amounts of supplies to Santiago, Fortress Monroe, and has also distributed the 
same to the sick and wounded in the harbor of New York. It has provided eight nurses and 
a hospital diet cook at Fortress Monroe, and desires to extend its sphere of usefulness in these 
directions to the full extent of all funds that may be contributed. 

General Sternberg, the Surgeon-General of the United States, has consented to advise 
the Association in regard to the best and most practical use to be made of its resources. He 
has authorized the Director-General to visit the army hospitals for the purpose of determining 
by personal inspection the particular form of relief which will be most effective, and for which 
there is the most immediate demand. 

The A.s.sociation trusts that its patriotic purposes will meet your approval, and that you 
will consent to contribute to its funds. Checks should be made payable to the order of Vic- 
toria Raymond, Treasurer. 

An Advisory Committee, which has signed this circular, has consented to aid the Associa- 
tion in the accomplishment of its great objects. 

The officers, vice-presidents and committees of the organization will be found on the next 
page. 

E. Ellery Anderson, Chairman, 

George Coprell, Charles Bulkley Hubbell, 

Jacob H. Schiff, . Charles H. Raymond, 

Louis Fitzgerald, G. S. Bowdoin, 

Advisory Committee. 


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^omen’0 QXafionaf TTar (^dkf (^eeociafton. 
^pan{63j(^mencan T}?ar. 

1898. 


(Report of f^e (Recor^>mg ^ecrefarp. 

When in the early days of the Spring of 1898, war clouds hung heavy and 
threatening upon the national horizon, and hourly became more sure the convic- 
tion that the United States would be called upon to try conclusions with the 
foreign power of Spain ; when Spain was arming and laying in stores, and our 
own Government was planning ,to create a navy and mobilize an army which 
should prove irresistible ; when the men of America were formulating plans 
for a campaign of aggression and defence, a call was issued to the women of 
the nation, through the columns of the New York Tribune, April 2d, to 
organize to the assistance of the Government and the relief of the sickness, 
suffering and sorrow inevitable to a state of war. This call was issued by 
Mrs. Ellen Hardin Walworth, founder of the patriotic society of the Daugh- 
ters of the American Revolution. It was flashed throughout the country, 
through the medium of the Associated Press, and in the early days of April 
was printed in many of the leading newspapers of the United States. 

Meanwhile the thought germinating in her mind was laid by Mrs. Wal- 
worth before various clubs and societies of which she was a member, and, en- 
couraged by their sympathy, and by the response by mail to her published 
appeal, she issued a second call, summoning a number of patriotic women 
desiring to co-operate to meet at the Windsor Hotel, New York City, on the 
morning of April 21st. At that meeting the framework of the subsequent 
Association was laid and everything made ready to spring into being with 
the declaration of war. Letters had been written to the Secretaries of War 
and the Navy, offering assistance and asking suggestions and advice, and, in 
response to cordial replies promptly received, resolutions were adopted to 
work for and with the Government, supplementing its provisions wherever 
possible, on a basis exclusively national, with the double motive of giving 
practical and acceptable aid in the emergency at hand, and the encourage- 
ment of a spirit of true patriotism and honor for the flag. An invitation 
early received to become auxiliary to the Red Cross was declined upon the 


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ground of preference for work entirely national in character, which should be 
by Americans for America, with a treasury so regulated that, war concluded, 
every dollar should be for Americans still, to the ultimate dollar received. 
As an earnest of what might be expected of this standpoint, Mrs. 
Ulysses S. Grant was invited to become President of the Associa- 
tion, the wife of the Attorney-General of the United States, the 
wives of the Governors of the States, and several prominent women to be 
Vice-Presidents. For the proper management of all business, Mrs. Ellen 
Hardin Walworth was elected to be Director-General, Miss Anne Rhodes, 
Recording Secretary, Mrs. Eugene E. McLean, Corresponding Secretary, 
Mrs. Charles H. Raymond Treasurer, and Miss Reubena Hyde Walworth, 
later succeeded by Miss Elizabeth Marquand, Registrar. A Board of Di- 
rectors was formed consisting of these active officers and Mrs. E. Ellery An- 
derson, Mrs. G. L. Gillespie, Mrs. Harmon D. Hull, Mrs. Daniel S. Lamont, 
Mrs. James R. McKee, Mrs. Washington A. Roebling, and, later, Mrs. Nel- 
son A. Miles, Mrs. S. V. White, Mrs. Russell Sage, and Miss Helen Miller 
Gould. To Mrs. Janvier Le Due, of New York, belongs the honor of hav- 
ing formulated the name adopted: Women’s National War Relief Associa- 
tion. Auxiliaries were immediately formed and Registration Rolls put into 
circulation for small subscriptions; the first payments from auxiliaries being 
made by the Woman’s Club Committee, of Staten Island, and the Haarlem 
Philharmonic Society, of New York; the first Roll turned in by the Marga- 
ret Pascal Club and classes of boys and girls. Incorporation papers were 
signed on May 17th, and the work of relief was opened by sending checks of 
$300 each to the Surgeons-General of the Army and the Navy. 

The principles and line of work adopted at these early meetings have 
never been abandoned. All relief has been through Government channels or 
by special or general permit. And the Association desires here to acknowl- 
edge a debt of gratitude to officials of all ranks for kindly courtesy, appreci- 
ation, and a ready acknowledgment of all assistance given. 

The first supplies were sent to the hospital ship “Solace,” and to 
Manila by the U. S. ship “Charleston.” Presently word was received that 
a second hospital ship was to be equipped — the “ Relief” — that supplemental 
equipments would be welcome. In response the ship was voted a carbon- 
ating apparatus, to cost about $2,000. This was a serious undertaking for a 
new treasury, but, as the knowledge spread that the Association was work- 
ing with definite aims and a strong purpose, and as the enthusiasm of the 
nation steadily ran more high, money began to flow in rapidly, and, in addi- 


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MRS. RUSSELL SAGE, 

VICE-CHAIRMAN OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 




tion to the carbonator, to the “ Relief” were given electric ventilating fans, 
green shades for the lights in the wards, a colored awning for the upper flush 
deck, with other fittings, and large quantities of clothing, delicacies and gen- 
eral supplies, which were renewed each time the “ Relief” returned to New 
York, as long as seemed necessary. Later the third hospital ship, the “ Mis- 
souri,” received electric apparatus for cooking and light, with various neces- 
saries, and such supplies as were considered suitable by Major Arthur, com- 
manding; these also were renewed on several occasions. 

Practical supplies and delicacies designated as acceptable by surgeons or 
commanding ofificers, were sent continually to various hospitals and localities : 
to Fort Myer, Chickamauga, Fernandina, Jacksonville, Camp McCalla, 
Guantanamo, the Yellow Fever Hospital at Santiago, to transports and 
auxiliary cruisers. Wherever a need was known, a hand was stretched out to 
aid. To the hospitals at Santiago were sent stores valued at several thou- 
sand dollars, and a steam launch to Surgeon Ducker, commanding the yellow 
fever hospital which, situated on an island two miles from shore, was forced 
to borrow a boat for communication with the mainland, from whence every- 
thing, even drinking water, had to be carried. 

Early in July, San Juan and Santiago past, the newly established hospital 
at Fortress Monroe received its first inmates; cruelly wounded, sick, and desti- 
tute — the first to return of an heroic army. Into this camp went, in person, 
the Director-General of the Association, Mrs. Walworth, to learn the needs 
and cause them to be supplied from the Association headquarters in New York. 
She took with her a chef, Julien Duche, to cook for the very sick, established 
and furnished a kitchen, for which she regulated a steady shipment from New 
York of staples and delicacies, and placed local orders for milk, eggs, chick- 
ens, etc., to be served daily in whatever quantities needed. From this kitchen, 
until October 15th, were supplied delicate and nourishing food for convales- 
cents, and special diets for the very sick, according to surgeons’ orders. A 
knowledge of the importance of diet in fever and dysenteric illnesses, from 
which the returning soldiers all more or less suffered, will convey an idea of 
the value of this enterprise, the first of its kind. At Fortress Monroe, also, 
Mrs. Walworth established a home for women nurses — the Government 
buildings not affording a possible introduction of such nurses, although greatly 
needed, and here she placed, by permission of the Surgeon-General, Sternberg, 
a number of nurses who were maintained there by the Association until October 
15th. Here, also, Mrs. Walworth was joined by her daughter. Miss Reubena 
Hyde Walworth, who, entering the hospital as a volunteer, in the name of the 


Association, by her devotion and self-forgetfulness endeared herself to all, 
doing valuable work, as testified by Major-Surgeon De Witt, commanding. 

Meanwhile transports and hospital ships began to make their way further 
north and to arrive at the port of New York. In the absence of the Director- 
General the Recording Secretary, Miss Anne Rhodes, was authorized to visit 
the necessary hospitals and afford any relief possible. Transport after trans- 
port arrived in rapid succession, and she quickly became interested in the men 
at private hospitals; St. Peters and the Long Island College Hospital, Brook- 
lyn, the Smith Infirmary on Staten Island, and. Government hospitals; the 
Marine on Staten Island, Post Hospitals at Fort Wadsworth, Fort Hamilton 
and Governors Island, also the detention and contagion hospitals on Hoff- 
man and Swinburne Islands. The men arriving in pitiable condition, sup- 
plies of clothing and necessaries were sent to all these places; the needs of 
about two thousand men in all being relieved. At Fort Wadsworth, where 
a large number of gravely wounded and very sick men were soon quartered, 
a special diet kitchen was established with a chef in charge — James Phasey. 
The purpose of this kitchen was to supply suitable food for the very sick. 
The number fed varied constantly — the largest number being, for one week, 
two hundred and five daily. All materials used were supplied by the Associ- 
ation, invalid foods, cereals, eggs, milk, broiling chickens, ice cream, beef and 
mutton for broths, etc. Underwear and other clothing were supplied on dif- 
ferent occasions and fruit was sent here, as well as to other harbor hospitals, 
twice each week by the Irvington Auxiliary. The result of this co-operation 
has been an almost model hospital under the efficient management of Captain- 
Surgeon E. B. Frick, commanding. 

In September a hospital was opened at Bedloe’s Island, under the com- 
mand of Lieutenant-Surgeon Smith. A number of men nurses were 
placed there. Mrs. F. R. Wall was appointed as visitor — a post she filled with 
much tact and good sense, and what assistance seemed necessary was promptly 
furnished. 

Upon the installment of Camp Wikoff, Montauk Point, early in August, 
Mrs. Walworth removed her headquarters there, opening a little settlement 
on the General Hospital grounds, consisting of a small portable house and 
six tents, which were immediately stocked with the supplies which experience 
had by now taught to be desirable or necessary. This station remained in 
operation until October 2d, Mrs. Walworth living at the camp, enduring with 
patriotic courage its privations and severities, personally ordering and distrib- 
uting supplies, visiting and inspecting, and reaching into every one of the 


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MRS. S. V. WHITE, 

VICE-CHAIRMAN OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 




hospitals in this sickness-stricken camp. General Hospital, Division and Reg- 
imental Hospitals, Detention Hospital, all were assisted and their needs re- 
lieved so far as possible. Blankets, underwear, clothing, were sent in num- 
bers reaching several thousand, and milk, eggs, and miscellaneous supplies 
furnished in large quantities. To make it possible for Mrs. Walworth to 
personally visit and carry relief to every hospital and the regiments 
of this tent city of 2o,0()0 men, horses were sent for her use, with a carriage 
and express wagon, since valuable time would otherwise be lost waiting for 
the use of the somewhat scantily furnished Government transportation. 

Soon after her arrival at Montauk, Mrs. Walworth was joined by her 
daughter, who, leaving her busy but comfortable and sheltered post at Fort 
Monroe for the harsh life of the camp and its privations, volunteered for duty 
in the dreaded Detention Hospital because no other woman offered to go there, 
and because her high sense of a woman’s office in sickness told her that where 
the danger was greatest and the work most difficult was the place where a 
woman’s tact and delicate skill were most needed. For many weeks she was 
the only woman in this infected camp, pitched upon a hill fronting the limit- 
less horizon of the Atlantic, restless waters and silently passing ships on one 
hand, and on the other the equally silent cemetery, where day by day melan- 
choly processions came and went. Holding no communication with the out- 
side world, isolated because of the infection, she there passed weeks of try- 
ing labor, but of happiness, the lofty aspirations of her idealistic nature satis- 
fied in complete forgetfulness of self. And when the last patient was carried 
away, safe on the high road to complete recovery, and the Detention Hospi- 
tal was closed, she gave way to the disease which for days had been tugging 
at her vitality, and, after a period of acute suffering from typhoid fever, laid 
down her young life for those others she had .saved. Forever will she beheld 
a living memory by the members of the Association, since through her was 
made complete whatever of sacrifice each had laid upon the altar of her 
country in time of need ; their thoughts will turn with tenderness towards 
where, upon a hillside of Saratoga, overlooking a broad and fertile country 
which she loved, a quiet grave has given rest to the earthly tenement of a 
spirit not less heroic or aspiring than those who faced a speedier death upon 
the slopes of San Juan Hill or before Santiago. 

Meanwhile, for all this work of succor and relief was needed an internal 
machinery, often complicated, and calling for skill and industry in its direc- 
tion. In the absence of the Director-General of the Association, Mrs. 
Walworth, the need was generally felt of a recognized head in New York 


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through the impossibilities of cleanliness in the general kitchen. During 
those first three or four weeks it was without a floor, and the benches and 
tables were equivalent to fixtures, and the butchering was done at the kitchen 
door. Until the dairy was built, the milk stood just outside of the kitchen, 
and part of the day in the sun. When the frequent scarcity of water is con- 
sidered with these conditions, it can be easily understood that Montauk was 
a veritable generator of disease. Another cause of disease and impurity was 
the want of laundry facilities during all of the first weeks. Often the infected 
bedding and clothes discarded from the dead or sick men were merely pushed 
outside of the back end of the tents, and were allowed to remain there for 
days without removal. This was probably on account of a scarcity of attend- 
ants. There was criticism and complaint of attendants, nurses, etc., who were 
engaged by the Government and came to the hospital, took a view of things 
and left. No persuasion could induce them to remain. This was to be ex- 
pected, for but three classes of persons would stay voluntarily — the careless 
and ignorant, the mercenary who might desire the salary offered, and the 
patriotic and self-sacrificing, who remained from honorable motives, to aid 
the sick and suffering. Any thoughtful and intelligent person who came 
there would realize the serious risk to which they were subjected. The con- 
ditions of sleeping and eating were not those of mere discomfort, but were 
actually so repulsive that it required a strong motive or principle to enable 
one to endure them. 

I call these facts to the attention of our Association that they may 
appreciate more fully the faithfulness of the numerous employees who were 
sent to Montauk. A very few of them, like certain Government candidates, 
looked over the field and departed, and some felt thoroughly discouraged, 
yet when an appeal was made to their patriotism and humanity, they yielded, 
and remained through those trying months without complaint. It is grati- 
fying to remember the patriotic loyalty and faithful service of clerks, 
nurses, chefs, cooks, waiters, drivers, and carpenters employed at the hos- 
pitals and camp to carry on the work of the Association in behalf of the sick 
and wounded. It is more gratifying to remember that the Government 
officials in command of these hospitals and camps, who could so easily have 
thwarted or rejected our proffered help, on the contrary, welcomed us with 
kindly words, and opened to us constantly new avenues of helpfulness. The 
patriotism and devotion of officers and surgeons to the welfare of the sick and 
wounded reflects honor upon the service of the United States. Painful as the 
conditions were for a short time at Fortress Monroe, and for the whole time of 


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MISS ANNE RHODES, 

RECORDING SECRETARY. 






sufficiently convalescent to be discharged, this on condition that accurate lists 
of all men taken should be furnished to him each day that registry might be* 
kept of each man, and a courteous arrangement was guaranteed by which 
the furloughs of the convalescent men would not begin until they were dis- 
charged in good condition by the Association. The Association has many 
courtesies for which to thank commanding officers and surgeons in the course 
of their work during the moving months of the summer of 1898, but none 
greater than the facilities offered by the officers in charge at the Army Build- 
ing, New York City, for the performance of the purposes of Camp Walworth. 
During the period of its existence, 2,229 men passed through this house, each 
receiving the special care and aid he needed; 18,053 meals were served by 
Mrs. Frost, of the Salvation Army, who, with Mr. Frost, merits special men- 
tion and special thanks. A special vote of recognition of the work done by 
the attaches of Camp Walworth was unanimously passed by the Association. 

Brought together at the call of one patriotic woman to meet an emer- 
gency and fill a great purpose, the Women’s National War Relief Association, 
upon making this, a final report of its labor of love in connection with the 
Spanish-American War of 1898, feels able and proud to say that it has ful- 
filled its promises to the public and respected the purposes of its Constitution, 
which were offered as a pledge to those who .should entrust money and 
supplies to its care. The policy of relief pursued has been, first to discover 
the necessities of each case, and then, as nearly as possible, to supply the 
remedy. In this manner efficiency with economy has been sought. It has 
neither gathered supplies nor laid up stores, but has promptly applied dona- 
tions received, when in material form, and has purchased only to fill a need 
reliably known. In every case the wishes of the officials commanding have 
been sought and conformed to, and the thought of the national character of 
its principles, that holding up of the arms of the Government which under- 
lay the whole structure of its existence has been borne in mind and given 
faithful adherence. 

From every source the money which has passed into the hands of the 
Association has amounted to $54,215.80, of which a rigid accounting was 
made by the Treasurers, Mrs. Raymond, whose individual work was 
discharged with special skill, her death being greatly lamented by the Asso- 
ciation, and her successor, Mrs. Emily Warren Roebling, equally skillful 
and faithful in the performance of this responsible work for the Association, 
who closed the Treasurers’ Accounts. Letters to the number of seven 
hundred and fifty have been written by the Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. 


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Margaret Sumner McLean, covering matters, from those of trifling import, 
to official correspondence upon which issues were dependent. The Record- 
ing Secretary, Miss Anne Rhodes, has, to the best of her ability, preserved 
the records and history of the Association. The Registrar, Miss Elizabeth 
Marquand, has faithfully cared for the Registration Rolls and papers passing 
into her hands. The Assistant Director-General, Miss Helen Miller Gould, 
to a great generosity has added a faithful oversight of work intricate and 
often tedious, a personal interest, and unflagging and unfailing courage in the 
face of situations difficult of administration. 

Of the heroic self-sacrifice of the Director-General, Mrs. Ellen Hardin 
Walworth, too much cannot be said. Of the patriotic devotion which initi- 
ated the first thought of so great an enterprise as the Association has been, 
an enterprise of which she always entirely realized the possibilities, of the 
courage and self-sacrifice which led her to face for weeks together the priva- 
tions and dangers of camp life, of the arduous mental and physical strain en- 
dured by her continuously, and, finally, of the forgetfulness of self in a noble 
cause which enabled her to endure in the national cause, the loss of her 
daughter — a last, long sacrifice without one murmur of self-pity or distress. 
To her, who was the creator, and has been the intellectual head and inspira- 
tion of the Association, is due all honor, which the members delight to give, 
expressing meanwhile thanks for encouragement and support received, to the 
Advisory Board, the thirty Vice-presidents and to the noble President, whose 
name, echoing with military greatness and national honor, gladly lent, was a 
fitting grace to the chief office in the gift of the band of serious, practical 
and patriotic women whose industrious toil during a long summer, has re- 
deemed fittingly the pledges early made by the Women’s National War Relief 
Association. 

Respectfully submitted, 

Anne Rhodes, 

Recording Secretary. 


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Courtesy of Mrs. M. //. IVUlard. CAMP WIKOFF. 


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Jur.Y Jlth. 

I am in receipt of encouraging letters from all parts of the United States, 
some desiring further information of our plans of work, and others giving in- 
formation as to their Local Committees which have joined us as auxiliaries. 

The State of Georgia is particularly active, and is organizing under the 
direction of the wife of the Governor an Association intended to embrace all 
State Relief Societies and become an auxiliary to us. Since the last meeting 
of this board fourteen additional ladies, representing the States of which their 
husbands are governors, have accepted our invitation to act as Vice-Presi- 
dents. The States so to be represented are: Oregon, Colorado, Ohio, Con- 
necticut, Montana, Arkansas, South Dakota, North Dakota, Kentucky, 
Maine, West V^irginia, Alabama, Pennsylvania. 

The invitations extended to Mrs. John Sherwood, of New York, Mrs. 
William W. Teall, of Syracuse, and Mrs. General Fitzhugh Lee, of Virginia; 
to act as Vice-Presidents, have also been accepted with thanks. It is gratify- 
ing that the large majority of these ladies express great interest in our work 
and desire to assist us by all the means in their power, I have transmitted 
to the Secretary of State of the State of New York the vote of thanks passed 
by the Executive Committee of this Association in respect to his generous 
and patriotic action in presenting to us, at his own e.xpense, our valuable 
Certificate of Incorporation. 


August 8th. 

I have written 520 letters up to this date. The Executive of every 
State in the Union has been asked to co-operate with us. Very many have 
responded, expressing great interest in our special line of work, and willing- 
ness to assist us, and there is reason to believe that we are well and favorably 
known throughout the country. Within the last month alone, I have to 
report the accession of several auxiliaries — one from North Carolina; one 
from California; two from Indiana; one from Hamilton, N. Y. ; one from 
Canastota, N. Y. ; and one from Irvington-on-the-Hudson — a good showing 
for midsummer, I have received and answered letters in connection with the 
equipment of hospital ships, clothing for convalescent soldiers, diet kitchens, 
special diet cooks, the perfecting of X-Ray apparatus, all of which were 
referred to the proper committees, or to the Surgeon-General, or to the 
Deputy Surgeon-General, and I take this occasion to state that the replies 


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from United States officials have been appreciative, prompt and courteous. 
The duties of your Corresponding Secretary, while a trifle arduous at times, 
have not been without their compensations in giving the assurance of the 
patriotic, unselfish devotion of the men and women of this country. 


August 9, 1898. 

With the exception of a correspondence with the Surgeon-General, in 
relation to the “ Special Diet ” cook sent to Fortress Monroe by this Associa- 
tion, and letters to and from Col. J. Morris Brown, Deputy Surgeon-General, 
as to the disposition to be made of the Nathan donation of 50 mattresses with 
accompanying bedding, my correspondence has been largely with auxiliaries that 
have joined us, or have expressed their intention of doing so. I have to 
report since the last meeting of this Board, several new auxiliaries. The 
work accomplished by the Irvington Auxiliary is worthy of special note, 
as will be seen in their report, to which I call attention as being the most 
thorough and systematic report yet furnished us. 

I have received from Miss Gould at various times registration fees of 
members of the National Committee, whom she has proposed — with other sums 
from various sources — which I have at once forwarded to the Treasurer, and 
sent ,the names and addresses of the new members to the Recording 
Secretary. 

Letters have also passed between Miss Gould and myself in relation to 
electric stoves for the hospital ship “Missouri,” in which I heartily con- 
curred with Miss Gould’s action in the matter. 

A letter endorsed by Col. Eugene Griffin, an electrician of some note, 
and by Col. J. Morris Brown, in regard to the perfecting of the X-Ray 
apparatus in use on ships and in hospitals was also forwarded to me. I re- 
turned the letter to Miss Gould to be laid before this Board if, upon further 
consideration, she saw fit to do so, as I was not sufficiently conversant with 
the subject to venture an opinion. A letter was received Saturday from 
Catskill, New York, enclosing this check for Slo.OO, the proceeds of an enter- 
tainment for the benefit of sick and wounded soldiers, to be distributed 
through this Association. 


Sept. 14, 1898. 

I have been absent most of the month and have but a brief report. 

A letter to the Postmaster-General, asking for better mail delivery at 

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MRS. EUGENE E. McLEAN, 

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY. 






was 


Camp Wikoff; a courteous reply to same, in which a better service, 
promised. 

Letters to Mrs. S. V. White, and to Mrs. Nelson A. Miles, notifying 
them of their election to Board of Directors; replies of acceptance and grace- 
ful acknowledgment of the honor conferred. 

Letter from Mrs. Roger A. Pryor enclosing check for $50.00, which she 
desired might be speedily used for the sick and wounded. 

• Letters to Mr. Hegemyer, asking for information concerning the 
Astoria Hospital, and to Miss Rhoades, asking for report from Fortress Mon- 
roe Hospital. 

Letters of thanks to several firms in acknowledgment of donations re- 
ceived, which lists of donations have been embodied in report of Committee 
on Supplies. 

Letters from an Auxiliary in Penn., enclosing check for $15.00, which 
check was handed to the Treasurer, and from an auxiliary in Roxbury, Dela- 
ware Co., N. Y., enclosing list of articles sent to the Association. 

Letter from Major Arthur, of U. S. Army Hospital Ship “ Missouri,” 
thanking the Association, in warm terms, for the aid given in the form of 
Diet Kitchens, which, he says, “added materially to the comfort of the 
patients.” 

Several other letters of minor importance were received and answered — 
mostly letters of inquiry as to the work of the Association. 

Very respectfully, 

Margaret Sumner McLean, 

Corresponding Secretary. 



TRANSPORT ‘ BERLIN ” BY WHICH WAR RELIEF SUPPLIES WERE SENT TO PORTO RICO. 

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(Rc^jori of (Regiefrar. 


To the Board of Directors; 

On August 30, 1898, Miss Reubena H. Walworth presented to your 
directors her resignation as Registrar of the Association that she might be 
enabled to devote herself more fully to her duties as nurse at the Detention 
hospital at Montauk. Elsewhere upon the records of the Association will be 
found a record of her heroic work there and earlier at Fort Monroe, of her 
long illness and recent death. At the same meeting at which Miss Walworth’s 
resignation was accepted, I was elected to fill the unexpired term. The 
report herewith submitted covers three months of Miss Walworth’s admin- 
istration, and nearly two months of that of her successor. 

At the time of my appointment to office. Miss Walworth transferred to 
me fifty-seven Registration Rolls — the total number that had been returned 
to the Registrar before August 30, 1898. 

2,142 persons have registered their names on said fifty-seven Rolls, of 
whom 62 paid the Committee fee of $1.00 each; 1,758 paid the Regular fee 
of 25 cents each; 322 paid the Children’s fee of 10 cents each. From May 
18, to August 30, 1898, 2,142 fees have been paid; total amount fees, 
$533.70. 

Sums of money (in all $204.50) other than the Registration fees have 
been entered on many of the Rolls, and have been placed under the head of 
Gratuities. From August 30 to October 24, 1898, sixty Registration Rolls 
have been returned. 1 ,869 persons have registered their names upon these 
Rolls, of whom 22 paid the Committee fee of $1.00 each; 1,725 paid the 
Regular fee of 25 cents each; 122 paid the Children’s fee of 10 cents each. 
From August 30 to October 24, 1898, 1,869 fees have been paid, total 
amount of receipts of fees, $465.45. The amount of Gratuities is $158.20. 

The total number of names entered on one hundred and seventeen Regis- 
tration Rolls returned to the Registrar from May 18 to October 22, 1898, 
is 4,011, of whom 84 have paid the Committee fee of $1.00 each; 3,483 have 
paid the Regular fee of 25 cents each ; 444 have paid in the Children’s fee of 
10 cents each. May 18 to October 22, 1898, total amount fees, $999.15. 

May 18 to October 22, 1898, total amount Gratuities, $363.60 entered 
upon Registration Rolls. 

Elizabeth Marquand, 

Registrar, 

New York, October 24, 1898. 

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Mrs. Brush 

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Mrs. J. J. Astor 

100 

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Mrs. Brush 

72 

32 

Mrs. Munn 

10 

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Mrs. E. E. Anderson 

25 

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Ferris Bros 


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Mrs. Mary J. Jackson 

20 

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Mrs. Roebling 

5 

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Mrs. Williams . 

10 

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Mrs. Aug. Lewis 

5 

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Mrs. J. Polk Sampson 

10 

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Miss Helen C. Butler 

25 

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Little Men and Women of ’76 . . . 

75 

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Mrs. Aborn 

10 

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Miss Bancroft 

3 

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Miss Helen M. Gould 

100 

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Mrs. M. H. McKee 

5 

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Mrs. J ulia Dent Grant 

25 

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Mr. Chas. H. Raymond 


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Mrs. C. A. Henriques 

20 

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Mrs. E. H. Perkins 

10 

00 

Mrs. E. L. Tailer 

10 

00 

Mrs. E. R. Griffen 

10 

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Mrs. Katharine B. Roe 

10 

00 

Judge and Mrs. Roger A. Pryor . . 

10 

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Mr. E. E. Anderson 


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Hon. Roswell P. Flower 


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Mr. S. D. Babcock 


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Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan 

100 

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Mr. C. W. Coppell 


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Miss Coppell 

250 

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Mr. G. S. Bowdoin 


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Miss Smith 

5 

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Saratoga Children’s Society, D.A.R. 

20 

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Mrs. M. E. Nicoll 

10 

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Mr. I. W. Seligman 


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Mr. Seth Low - . . . 

250 

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Mr. J. H. Schiff 

250 

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Mr. D. Lament 


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Mr. Joseph Park 

100 

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Mr. C. P. Huntington 


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Mr. J. F. Dillon 25 00 

Josephine Anderson 5 00 

J. S. Kennedy 100 00 

Miss Christine Crimmins 10 00 

Rev. Thomas F. Ward 5 00 

Julia S. Hoyt 50 00 

Mrs. Horace Lee 5 00 

IMiss M. W. Jagger 5 00 

Miss Marion C. Smith 0 00 

Mrs. Geo. F. Baker 250 00 

C. A. Hoyt 50 00 

Haarlem Philharmonic Au.x .... 230 00 

Mr. Elihu Root 250 00 

Mr. Adrian Bush 50 00 

Mr. W. V. Schermerhorn 500 00 

Mr. James C. Carter 250 00 

H. M. De Ruyter 5 00 

^Irs. Durj’ea 1 00 

ISIr. Edw. T. Hunt 100 00 

Hon. W. S. Howard 25 00 

Mrs. Elisha B. Gaddis 5 00 

Committee Fortnightly Club, James- 
town, N. Y 22 75 

Mrs. Grace G. Higginson 15 50 

Staten Island Aux 475 00 

Haarlem Philharmonic 50 00 

St. Paul, Minn., Chap. D. A. R. . . 10 00 

Mrs. Eugene Fraser 8 00 

Vassar Aux 50 00 

Mrs. Hart Bostwick, Lex., Ky. ... 3 00 

Haarlem Philharmonic 50 00 

King’s Daughters 60 00 

International Order of King’s Daugh- 
ters 100 00 

Mrs. Mary L. Choate 25 00 

Ogilvie Comstock 15 

Miss Comstock 15 

Miss Alice Murdock 1 00 

Anson Phelps Stokes 100 00 

Mrs. J. T. Barrow 25 00 

J. P. Marquand 100 00 


21 


(jRATurry Contribution' Account. — Continued. 


Mrs. W. O. Comstock ....... $2 00 

Sundries 4 4,5 

Rev. J. S. Duffy 5 OO 

Julia Anna De Peyster oO 00 

J ulia Anna De Peyster 2.^ 00 

Mrs. Raymond 20 

Mrs. M. Lansing Zabriskie 100 00 

Mrs. H. J. Jarvis W 00 

Mrs. H. J. Jarvis 25 00 

Miss Alice Brown 2 50 

Bessie and Agnes Clallin 1 00 

Mrs. Will. Carlton 5 00 

Miss Helen M. Could 250 00 

Miss Helen H. Wetmore 75 00 

Mrs. J. C. Tucker 10 00 

Seneca Chap. D. A. R., Geneva . . 50 00 

Speyer & Co 100 00 

Hon. Edw. Cooper 100 00 

Dallas B. Pratt 50 00 

Frank S. Bond 50 00 

C. P. Huntington 250 00 

Friends of E. E. Anderson .... 100 00 

J. H. Campbell 10 00 

Mrs. G. S. Batcheller 25 00 

Mrs. Geo. R. Bishop lOO 00 

M. Loui.se Longeway 5 00 

Mrs. Wm. L. Skidmore 15 00 

Miss Helen M. Gould 90 

W. G. Choate 50 00 

V. Everett IMacy 50 00 

J. L. Cadwalader 25 00 

Hard & Rand 50 00 

C. M. Hyde 100 00 

Thos. C. Platt 50 00 

E. W. Cogeshall 25 00 

Victor Morawetz 50 00 

Edw. Lauterbach 50 00 

Vermilye & Co 250 00 

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church of 

Fisher Island, N. Y 63 64 

Mrs. Clara H. Stranahan 100 00 

Mr.s. Otto Lehke 5 oO 

Soldiers and Sailors’ Aid Society . 30 00 

Mrs. Ida J. Butcher, Utica, N. Y. . 50 00 

Mrs. Montgomery Schuyler, Sharon, 

Conn 88 20 

A Pro “ M ” 5 00 

^Irs. Edgell 20 00 


Mrs. Corbin $25 00 

Stickney & Conyngham 500 00 

R. Fulton Cutting -lOO 00 

Hartley & Graham loO 00 

Mr. Jos. S. Auerbach 50 00 

Samuel Untermeyer .50 00 

Louis IMarshall 50 00 

Mr. C. A. Coffin ,50 00 

“ Julien T. Davies 50 00 

“ Winslow L. Pierce .50 00 

Mosle Bros 50 00 

W. H. Crosman & Bro 50 00 

Mr. John I. Waterbury 50 00 

“ Frederick Cromwell .50 00 

“ Henry Hentz & Co 25 00 

“ A. W. Kreech 25 00 

“ John F. Dillon 25 00 

“ Edw. Winslow 25 00 

“ Thatcher M. Adams 25 00 

“ A. G. Agnew 25 00 

“ H. W. De Forrest 25 00 

Mrs. M. F. Wright 50 00 

Mr. M. C. D. Borden 100 00 

“ Jas. R. Keene 100 00 

“ Geo. Hoadly 100 00 

Lazard Freres lOO 00 

Mr. Geo. S. Edgell 50 00 

“ Austin Corbin 50 00 

“ Chas. C. Beaman 50 00 

Thatcher :M. Adams 50 00 

Robt. L. Towne .50 00 

Edw. Sweet & Co 50 00 

Jas. W. Alexander 50 00 

Geo. Sherman 50 00 

Hatch & Foote 50 00 

F. K. Pendleton 25 00 

Colgate Hoyt 25 00 

Prescott Hall Butler 25 00 

Harry Hubbard 10 00 

Daughters of the Confederacy . . 5 00 

R. H. McCurdy .50 00 

John A. :\IcCall 25 00 

Mrs. Arthur W. Blake 300 00 

“ ]\I. L. Dickinson 9 00 

“ Wm. Teall 5 oo 

“ Jas. W. Cooper 42 00 

“ Craig 2 25 

“ McLean 8 25 


22 


Gratuity Contrib 


^Irs. Walworth $35 

All Souls Church 50 

Sullivan & Cromwell 150 

Mr. Geo. Crocker 100 

R. G. Dun & Co 100 

Mr. Louis Fitzgerald 100 

“ Henry C. Rouse 50 

“ Clifford A. Hand 50 

“ Chas. H. Tweed 25 

Hon. Jacob A. Cantor 25 

“ Wheeler H. Peckham .... 25 

Chas. W. ^lackey 25 

Geo. W. Young 25 

Matteawan Mfg. Co 25 

Arthur Turnbull 25 

Robert Olyphant 26 

Mrs. Anderson 4 

Woman’s Club, Pen Yan, N. Y. . . 102 

Utica Auxiliary 5 

Margaret Gale 10 

Church of the Archangel 15 

Howard Gould 1,000 

Mrs. L. M. Benjamin 100 

Hallgarten& Co 100 

Francis Lynde Stetson 100 

Mrs. Wm. P. Griffen 50 

P. C. Costello 50 

Mr. Rowland Hazard 50 

“ Adolph Boskowitz 25 

“ Henry G. Ward ....... 25 

Mrs. E. S. Rapello 25 

Helen L. Deas 25 

Mrs. Chas. W. Ogden 20 

“ Cornelius K. Manley .... 20 

Henry Rice 10 

Frank W. Fellowes 10 

Francis T. Garretson 10 

H. C. Fisher 10 

Geo. W. Van Siclen 10 

Mary G. White 5 

Mrs. Florence G. Joseph 5 

“ S. T. Cannon 5 

Alfred Lauterback 50 

Mrs. Titus Zabriskie 50 

“ Edw. N. Crosby 25 

Mizpah Circle King’s Daughters . . 25 

Hon. Wm. M. Evarts 25 

Chas. A. Dards 25 


Account., — Continued. 


Chas. T. Harbeck 

. $25 

00 

A. S. Fris.sell 

. 20 

00 

M. H. Beers 

20 

00 

Casimir Tag , . . . 

20 

00 

Edmund Tweedy 

20 

00 

Mrs. J. Heller 

20 

00 

Ernest R. Gunther 

10 

00 

Mrs. K. K. Verto 

5 

00 

Mrs. Thomas M. Peters 

5 

00 

Miss Helen M. Gould 

. 300 

00 

L. R. W. Antus 

15 

00 

Hon. Ben. F. Lee 

20 

00 

Mrs. W. C. Granger 

10 

00 

Friends of Miss Marquand . . . 

25 

00 

Fred F. Stein way 

40 

30 

Miss Helen M. Gould 

67 

15 

Vasser Aux 

25 

00 

W. G. Baker 

5 

00 

Miss Helen Miller Gould 

1,000 

00 

Frank J. Gould 

. 500 

00 

John S. Agnew 

. 100 

00 

Mrs. W. D. Maxwell 

50 

00 

Fred Billings 

25 

00 

Arthur Coppell 

25 

00 

Raymond Jenkins 

25 

00 

Susan A. Sherman 

5 

25 

Miss Montgomery 

38 

00 

Saratoga Chap. D. A. R 

85 

00 

Haarlem Philharmonic 

80 

00 

W. H. Webb 

100 

00 

Mrs. Mary Logan Tucker . . . , 

. 165 

00 

Staten Is. Aux., New Brighton . 

500 

00 

Mrs. J. S. Groot 

6 

00 

Children Am. Rev. , Saratoga . . 

20 

00 

Mrs. M. L. Dickinson 

10 

00 

Cash - 

. 102 

00 



10 

A friend 

5 

00 

Mrs. S. V. Harkness 

. 100 

00 

W. C. Schermerhorn 

500 

00 

Addison Brown 

10 

00 

All Souls’ Church 

25 

00 

Miss Hasbrouck 

2 

00 

Mrs. R. S. Auchmonty 

. 100 

00 

Mrs. Frederick Billings 

25 

00 

Miss Virginia B. Mott 

. 100 

00 

Mrs. Bartholomew 

5 

50 

Mr. James Stokes 

. 250 

00 


UTION 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 

00 


23 


(jRATuiTV Contribution 


Mrs. Russell vSage $r)0 00 

J. Galt Smith 44 50 

A friend 1 00 

Mrs. C. E. Hegefnan 50 00 

H. B. Wilson 50 00 

Scott Foster 50 00 

Mrs. James lO 00 

Joseph T. Gilbert 250 00 

Jacob Rubino loO 00 

Mr. Geo. T. Bliss 50 00 

Mr. John H. Mills 5 00 

Mrs. Hart Boswell 5 00 

Miss M. E. Gale 10 00 

Isabelle C. Edged 100 0(> 

R. P. Brooks 10 00 

Mr.s. Horace Baker 10 00 

Mrs. A. H. Sawyer 14 18 

Utica Aux 50 00 

Kingsley, Pa i OO 

Annie L. Hildreth 50 00 

Julia Germain MacCarter 250 00 

A friend, M. P .5 oO 

Miss Hinman 1 qO 

Mrs. Mary K. Hatch 100 00 

Miss Helen Miller Gould 10,000 00 

Mrs. Theo. Dreier 5 00 

Mrs. Edwin L. Scofield 35 00 

Eagle Rock Chap. D. A. R. . . . .50 00 

Caroline L. DuPuy 5 00 

Kingsley & ISIabon 50 00 

Helen A. Pierce 2 50 

Helen A. Pierce 2 .50 

Mrs. Myrtella H. Daly 10 00 

Mrs. F. Hatch 5 oo 

Mrs. Kate B. Sturges 50 00 

Mount Vernon Aux 14 65 

Member of Women’s Ed. Sy. . . . 5 00 

Mrs. Will Carlton 212 50 

Mrs. Will Carlton 52 28 

Mrs. Erdita Scott 7 00 

P. O. Box 23, Brooklyn, N. Y . . . 2 00 

Theo. Afferman .50 00 

Katherine S. Jackson 25 00 

Katherines. Jackson 15 00 

Mr. B. Cosgrove 25 00 

Mrs. S. D. C o QQ 

J. H. Garrison 10 00 

Geo. Gudewill . .500 00 


Account. — Con turned. 


Mrs. M. R. Baldwin 

$.5 00 

I^Irs. Will Carlton 


Ind. War Relief Assn., Oneida . . 

27 25 

Miss Anne F. Miller .... 

25 00 

Mrs. W. H. Shelmerdine 

20 00 

New York Herald .... 

50 00 

R. P. Brown 

10 00 

Marion C. Smith 

5 00 

Oakley Thorne 

8 00 

Mr. Edwin R. Holden . . . 

50 00 

Miss Marquand 

2 60 

Mrs. Y. Woodward, Tr 

(iO 50 

Alice Howard Cadv 

5 00 

E. Lackner 

5 00 

Commercial Club, N. Y. . . 

75 00 

Mrs. E. B. Whitney 

1 00 

Mrs. M. T. Kemble, Tr 

250 00 

A. G. Brooke 

15 00 

John S. Wise 

100 00 

Miss Marquand .... 

93 00 

Mrs. M. F. Heath, Tr 

25 00 

Emily H. Moir .... 

500 00 

Mrs. F. INI. Calder, Tr., Utica Aux. 

25 00 

Oriental Hotel 

10 85 

Mrs. D. W. Harrington 

102 85 

Mr. and Mrs. Shute .... 

50 00 

Miss Ida Northrop / 

^liss Mary G. Northrop \ • 

20 00 

Mr.s. J. H. Pinkney 


Mrs. Isaacs 

8 50 

Mrs. Horace Baker 

5 00 

Mrs. Roger A. Prj-or 

50 00 

Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Kerr 

10 00 

Mr. James Kerr .... 

5 00 

M. W. Yates 

25 50 

F. C. W. Barbour 

3 00 

Augusta C. Anderson .... 

100 (K) 

Augusta C. Anderson . . 

45 00 

Augusta C. Andenson . . 

25 00 

Augusta C. Anderson .... 

10 25 

Editor “ Harper’s Weekly ” . . . . 

15 00 

Mrs. J. C. Umberfield 

25 00 

Mrs. 0. Harriman .... 

10 00 

F. A. P. Spearing .... 

20 00 

Soldiers’ Aid Soc , Canastota, N. Y. 

10 00 

Sons of Revolution 

100 00 

Miss Marquand 

5 00 

A Friend 

1 00 


24 



MRS. WASHINGTON A. ROEBLING, 


SECOND TREASURER. 







Gratuity ContrIhUtion Account. — Conh'niied. 


James Byrne 

. $100 00 

G. S. Matthews Sc Co 

. 126 

25 

Mrs. Mary B. Paynter 

. r)00 00 

Haarlem Philharmonic 

57 

28 

Eleanor Scott 

. .lOO 00 

Miss Marquand 

5 

00 

Florence L. B. Menges, Treas . . 

10 00 

Zion & St. Timothy 

. 100 

35 

Mrs. Robert Aborn 

10 00 

Violet Club, Greenwich 

5 

85 

Miss Emma De Groot 

1 00 

Mrs. E. L. C. Graff 

50 

00 

St. Bartholomew’s Girls’ Club. . 

. 18 0.5 

Miss F. Kellogg 

9 

00 

John Nicholson, Jr 

. 10 00 

Miss Myrtle L. Avary 

1 

00 

Mrs. Lottie E. Edwards 

5 00 

Society Little Men & Women of ”1 

•6. 7 

00 

Richard S. Davis, Tr 

. 100 00 

Mrs. Cornelia Kruger 


00 

Mrs. Frederick Hasbrouck . . . 

10 00 

Fannie W. Fraver 

. ■ 6 

70 

Mrs. Satterlee Swartout 

1 00 

Mrs. John A. Ingham 

8 

85 

Miss De Peyster 

.’5 00 

Mrs. Effingham Maynard .... 

5 

00 

Martha Weiner 

40 00 

War Relief, Lakewood 

5 

62 

Mrs. J. A. Sterner ....... 

.) 00 

Contribution 

2 

00 

Miss Leland 

1 00 

Mrs. Arnoux 

. 101 

00 

Mrs. F. A. Wells 

1 00 

R. S. Barnes 


00 

Miss Kate A. Mott 

2.‘) 00 

Marion C. Smith 

25 

00 

Mr. Benjamin 

.■) 00 

Blanch Stanley, Huntsville, Ala 

1 

00 

The “\Wld” 

21 88 




Miss H. M. Gould 



$51,016 

36 


COMMITTEE 

FEES. 



Ferris Bros . . 

$ 25 

Mrs. Mary^ H. Vibbert 

$1 00 

Cash 

!) 00 

Margaret J. Shepard 

1 

00 

Cash 

0 00 

Lyle Robinson 


50 


K) 00 

Saratoga Chap. 1). A. R 

18 

75 

Cash 

1 00 

Cash 

1 

00 

Cash 

19 00 


8 

00 


5 00 

Grace Eastman 

1 

00 

Mrs. Logan 

1 00 


10 

00 

Mr. Asa L. Bushnell 

1 00 

^liss Erdita Scott 

5 

00 

Ellen A. Scrimgeour 

20 

Mrs. F. R. Wall 

1 

00 

Mrs. Waite 

1 00 

Mrs. Ernest Gallant 

1 

00 

Julia Anna De Peyster 

1 50 

Mrs. Niven 

1 

00 

Julia Anna De Peyster 

9 00 

Mrs. W. E. Hopkins 

1 

00 

Mrs. Frederick Hasbrouck . . . 

1 00 

Mrs. A. C. Armstrong 

1 

00 

Mrs. De G. Thompson 

1 00 

J. E. L. Davis 

1 

00 

Mrs. G. R. Bishop 

7 00 

Mrs. J. G. Burdick 

1 

00 

Miss Orton and Miss Patton . . . 

2 00 

Mrs. J. B. Phillips 

1 

00 

Mrs. Ingham and Mrs. Cooper . . 

2 00 

Virginia Tucker 

1 

00 

Mrs. Isabella C. Davis 

1 00 

Roxbury Aux 

8 

00 

Mrs. Atkinson 

1 00 

Mrs. A. W. Shepard 

2 

25 

Mrs. Olive Wheeton 

1 00 

Member Sar. Chap 


25 

Mrs. Alfred F. Cross 

1 00 

Mrs. Sullivan, Flemingtou, N. J. 

1 

00 

Miss Helen Miller Gould .... 

2 00 

Mrs. James ^ladona 

1 

00 

Miss Helen Miller Gould . . . . 

1 00 

Mrs. Duane H. Clement 

1 

00 

Miss Caroline M. Pelgram. . . . 

1 00 

Mrs. Effingham Maynard .... 

2 

00 

Miss Helen Miller Gould .... 

1 00 




Mrs. Arthur Berry 

1 00 


$148 

76 


25 


REGISTRATION ROLLS. 


Miss Shepherd 

Mrs. M. J. Shephard 

Miss Cad)^ 

Mrs. White 

Mrs. Alex. Bradley 

Zion & St. Timothy 

Church, All .Souls 

Confederate Daughters 

Miss Hapgood 

Mrs. Bartholomew 

Miss Marion C. Smith 

Local Committee, Miss Cady . 

E. Harris Symington 

Church Roxbury, N. Y 

Mrs. E. M. White ’ 

Mrs. Worthington 

Mrs. Roger A. Pryor 

Cash 

Mrs. Bartholomew 

Mrs. Duryea 

Mi.ss Helen Miller Gould 

Mrs. Robert B. Smith 

Miss Mary H. Smith 

Mrs. John .S. Wise and Daughter . 

Mrs. W. R. White 

Elizabeth Marquand 

Miss Cady 

Miss C. F. Pinkham 

Marion C. Smith 

Marion C. Smith 

Mrs. Ward .... 

Pottstown, Pa., Branch W. X. W 

R. A 

Utica Aux 

Mrs. Chas. A. Hoyt 

Parochial School St. Chas. Bor- 

romeo 

Wash. Ave. Bap. Ch. ..... 

Mrs. S. V. White 

Mrs. Thos. H. Streets 

Mrs. Hart Boswell .... 

Miss Helen Miller Gould 

Mi.ss Helen Miller Gould 

C. E. Masson 

Jane De G. Thompson 

Utica Aux.. 

Vassar Aux. . 



Gertrude E. Greer . . 

$5 05 

10 10 

08 r>5 

Always Ready Circle King’s 
Daughters 

2 00 

4 00 

Mrs. Rushmore and Miss Cornell 

1 50 

5 00 

Miss Symington . . . 

15 .50 

17 00 

Miss Alice Doll 

75 

94 95 

Mrs. J. Sherman Ho 5 ’t 

6 55 

35 00 

Mrs. Will. Carlton . . 

10 00 

8 50 

Town and Country Club 

10 .50 

40 00 

Mrs. Carlton . . 

11 45 

2 00 

Vassar Aux. . 

25 00 

30 00 

3 90 

Miss H. M. Gould, for Miss Thomp- 
son . . 

9 10 

9 00 

Mrs. Will. Carlton . . . 

10 25 

4 25 

Marion C. Smith . . . 

5 00 

8 10 

Priscilla W. Streets . 

43 70 

7 75 

Miss Helen Miller Gould 

3 00 

7 75 

Mrs. Geo. H. Barker . 

10 00 

0 25 

^Irs. Belle Reed 

5 25 

1 00 

Miss Helen Miller Gould 

56 05 

1 52 

Mrs. Julia A. De Peyster 

50 00 

1 00 

Miss Annie Patterson . 

70 20 

25 

:Mrs. S. V. White . . 

2 00 

2 00 

Mrs. Mungionde . . 

10 00 

15 00 

Lexington, Ky., Aux. . . 

35 00 

5 25 

Mrs. Cummings Story 

5 00 

04 00 

Annie Day Storrs . . 

2 10 

10 00 

Mrs. Will. Carlton . . 

8 00 

6 50 

Mrs. F. M. Calder, Tr. Utica . 

50 00 

5 00 

Mrs. C. H. Hunt . 

63 00 


John Hamilton . . 

7 25 

8 00 

Agnes A. Northrop 

M. H. Demarest . 

5 00 
21 70 

3 00 

Morristown, N. J 

3 20 

8 00 

Irvington Aux 

6 00 

6 05 

Mrs. S. H. Steers . . . 

Mrs. Fredk. Alexander 

25 00 

17 70 

22 00 

Miss Elizabeth Reed ... 

2 70 

10 75 

Zion & St. Timothy . 

13 00 

50 55 

Irvington Aux. . . . 

7 75 

47 00 

Mrs. S. V. White . . 

4 00 

10 00 

Hotel X"ormandie-by-the-sea 

11 20 

14 40 

Miss Anna Palen 

10 00 

5 25 

Miss Anna Palen . ... 

10 00 

9 10 

Clara P. White 

10 .50 

22 25 

Mary A. Green . . 

16 00 

10 25 

S. C. Leidy, Tr. Flemington, Aux. 

17 35 


26 


Registration Roles. — Continued. 


Plymouth Aux $23 00 

Mr. Jolly 1 75 

Mrs. Alfred F. Cross 5 00 

Mrs. Abbey Sage Richardson ... 1 8 SO 

Mrs. H. K. Brown 8 75 

Mrs. W. S. Collins fi 00 

Mrs. J. B. Phillips 10 40 

Mrs. F, G. Brown 5 00 

Miss H. M. Gould 10 20 


Sarah A. Sackett $10 00 

Mrs. J. B. Davenport 1^ 00 

Old Guard 7 25 

Julia A. Perry 5 00 

Mrs. Richard Hartley. 5 00 

Mrs. Joseph Craig 6 50 


$1,003 77 


SUMMARY OF THE ACCOUNTS OF THE NATIONAL TREASURER, 
MRS. VICTORIA RAYMOND. 


By cash, Gratuity Contribution Account $51,010 30 

By cash. Committee Fees 148 70 

By cash, Registration Rolls 1,003 77 

By cash. Miscellaneous Sources 1,447 97 

Expenditures, as per audited account of Dec. 30, 1898 $49,519 37 

Balance in bank on Nov. 39 4,090 49 


$54,315 80 $54,315 80 


(Report of (^ubifing Committee. 

By a resolution of the Women’s National War Relief Association, a 
committee consisting of Mrs. Washington A. Roebling and Mrs. Harmon D. 
Hull were appointed to audit the accounts of the Treasurer, Mrs. Victoria 
Raymond. Mr. E. Ellery Anderson was designated by the Committee as 
the member of the Advisory Council to act with them. The Auditing Com- 
mittee examined the vouchers and checks and found that they fully accounted 
for all moneys received by the Treasurer, Mrs. Victoria Raymond. 

On the 30th day of December, 1898, there were present Emily Warren 
Roebling, Anna C. Hull, and E. Ellery Anderson, the Committee appointed 
to audit the accounts of Victoria Raymond, Treasurer of the Women’s National 
War Relief Association. The Committee proceeded to examine the vouch- 
ers and checks submitted by Mrs. Raymond for the period from September 
]9th, to November 29th. A list of the vouchers and checks was numbered 
and passed by this Committee. 

The accounts of Victoria Raymond, Treasurer, were audited by this 
Committee on the 19th of September, and found correct. It appeared from 
that audit that up to that date there had been paid in to the Women’s National 


27 


War Relief Association $80,094.11, and that the payments up to the same 
date, as shown by the vouchers and checks passed by this Committee, num- 
bered from 1 to ,‘^89, amounted to $28,104.17. 


The amounts received by the Treasurer since September 19th, 1898, to 
thedate of the pi esent audit are $18,121. / 5. This Com m it tee has received f rom 
Mrs. Raymond vouchers for sundry payments made by her from September 
19th to November 29th, 1898, amounting in all to $] 9,529.04, which vouchers 
have been examined by the Committee, and numbered 240 to 084 inclusive. 

In addition to these vouchers, the Committee has received from Mrs. 
Raymond endorsed checks representing payments for which no separate 
vouchers were returned, amounting to $0,888.45. The Committee has 


examined and numbered the said vouchers from No. 085 to No. 054, both 
inclusive. There are al.so sundry small disbursements in the ledger account 
not covered by voucher, the total amount of which is $9.71, which this Com- 
mittee passes as correct. The following is a recapitulation of the account : 
Sept. 19. By receipts from May 16th to September 19th $86,094 11 

“ •' September 19th to November 29th, including $1,000 re- 

turned by D. A. R. Hospital Corps and sundry amounts charged, aggregating 

18,12175 


$H2.52 returned to the Treasurer 


Total receipts 

Against which the Committee credits: 

Amount payments as per audits to September 19th 

“ “ “ vouchers. Nos. 240 to 634, inclusive . . . . 

“ endorsed checks. Nos. 635 to 654, inclusive . 
“ disbursements not covered by voucher 


$54,215 86 


$28,104 17 
19, .529 64 
6,888 45 
9 71 


iMaking a total of disbursements audited and approved of . 

Deduct difference between check No. 481, which is $350 10 

Voucher 481, as entered in Ledger 35O OO 


$49,581 97 


10 


Less check of August 11th, to the order of John Kirkham Shoe 
Co., included in former account, but subsequently can- 
celled 


$49,531 87 


12 50 


Total disbursements as audited . . . 
Balance in Fifth Avenue Bank, November 2yth 


$49,519 37 
4,696 49 


Aggregate disbursements audited and cash balance $.54 215 96 

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands this 80th day of December, 1S98. 


E. Ellery Anderson. 
Emily Warren Roebling. 
Anna C. Hull. 



MR. E. ELLERY ANDERSON, 

CHAIRMAN ADVISORY BOARD. 





I 


ACCOUNT OF HRS. RAYHOND SUBSEQUENT TO DATE OF AUDIT. 

Balance on hand as per audited account $4,69G 49 

To cash, Dr. Gallant, expenses Camp Walworth $1,405 OT 

To cash. Dr. Gallant, balance expenses Camp Walworth 500 00 

To cash, Appropriated for Printing Report, Postage, Stationery, etc. 1,200 00 

To cash. Miscellaneous 729 38 3,834 45 

Balance on hand Dec. 20th, 1898 $862 04 

SUMMARY OF THE NATIONAL TREASURER, HRS. EMILY WARREN ROEBLING. 

On the 20th of December occurred the terrible calamity which deprived the Association of 
its beloved and highly efficient Treasurer. 

On December 23d a special meeting of the Board of Directors was called to take suitable 
action on the death of Mrs. Victoria Raymond. At that meeting Mrs. Emily Warren Roeb- 
ling was appointed her successor to close the accounts of the Association. 

Balance transferred $862 04 

By cash, rebate on Hygeia bottles returned 38 50 

By cash, returned by Dr, Gallant 355 50 

By cash, from Staten Island Auxiliary 47 49 

By cash, from Saratoga 2 00 

$1,305 53 

To cash, Nurses, Clothing for Soldiers, etc 709 58 

To cash, ililk. Cereals, Ice Cream 140 25 

To cash, Windsor Hotel Rent, Telegrams, etc 428 45 $1,278 28 


Balance in bank $27 25 


29 


SPECIAL ACCOUNT OF OFFICERS. 

By cash, Visitor at Saratoga 

By cash, Poughkeepsie Auxiliary 

By cash, Mrs. Lamont 

By cash, Mrs. Roebling, for Male Nurses ..... 

By cash, Visitors Staten Island 

By cash, Miss 1^1. E. Gale 

By cash, Poughkeepsie Auxiliary for Porto Rico 
By cash, Staten Island Auxiliary for Porto Rico ' . ' 

By cash, Mrs. Andrews for Porto Rico .... 

To cash. Transportation of Soldiers 

To cash, Convale.scent Table 

To cash, Hospital at Jacksonville 

To cash, Salaries !Male Nurses 

Fo cash, Clothing Soldiers at Marine Hospital, Staten Island 
I'o cash, Miscellaneous, Soldiers, Staten Island 
To cash. Delicacies, Hospital, San Juan, Porto Rico . 


100 00 
loO 00 
300 00 
210 00 
250 00 
60 00 
105 00 


$100 00 
150 00 
300 00 
210 00 
250 00 
60 00 
50 00 
50 00 
5 00 


final summary. 

Receipts, ]\Irs. Raymond 
Receipts, Mrs. Roebling ... 

Receipts, as per Special Account of Officers .... 


555,834 35 
394 00 


$ 55,440 35 

$ 49,519 37 
3,834 45 
1,278 28 
1,175 00 


Less amounts returned 

*Total amount received 

Expenditures, Mrs. Raymond, as per audited account 
Expenditures. Mrs. Raymond, as per subsequent account' 

Expenditures, :\Irs. Roebling 

Expenditures, as per Special Account of Officers . . . ^ . 


$ 1,175 00 $ 1,175 00 

$ 54,215 86 
443 49 
1,175 00 


Less amounts returned by Dr. Gallant, 
included in former account .... 


$ 55,807 10 

and rebate on hygeia bottles 
394 00 


Total expenditures 

Balance in Bank 

*Por further amounts received and expended 
other Auxiliaries. 


$ 55,413 10 

$27 25 

see Repojts of Irvington, Tarrytown, and 


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MRS. MARY LOWE DICKINSON, 

VICE-PRESIDENT. 





CLASSIFIED EXPENDITURES. 


MEDICAL SUPPLIES. 

June $300.00 

July 164.00 

August 285.91 

September 60. 85 

October 1,950.54 

November 249.84 


$3,011.14 


HATS, SHOES, CLOTHING, ETC. 

July $422.09 

August 2,430.05 

September 1,001.10 

October 1,422.03 

November 1,624.85 


$6,900.12 


TRANSPORTATION, NURSES, ETC. 


August . . 
September. 
October. . 


$40.80 

48.47 

27.63 


$116.90 


GROCERIES, ETC. 

July . $157.42 

August 2,528.40 

September 2,696.18 

October 2,992.76 

November 1,404.02 


CARLE AND TELEGRAMS. 

August 

October 

November 


PORTABLE HOUSE. 


93.98 

165.65 


September 


STEAM LAUNCH. 


$272.15 


$98.00 


November $1,250.00 


HARDWARE, REEK IGERATORS, ETC. 

June $65.50 

July 281.50 

August 360.29 

September 184.35 

October 257.60 

November 7.80 


$1,157.04 

ELECTRIC KITCHEN, SUPPLIES, ETC., FOR 
HOSPITAL SHIP “MISSOURI.” 

August $3,000.00 

FREIGHT AND EXPRESS. 

July $ .40 

August 114 21 

September 400.00 

October 389.78 

November 6.85 


$9,778.88 


$911.24 


MII.K. 


Ci-AssiKiED Expenditures. — Continued. 


August .... 


October . . . 


November . . . 



$1, 272.515 

ELECTRIC FANS, CARRONATING 

PLANT, ETC., 

for IIOSPLIAL SHIP “RELIEF.” 

June 



I'RuiT, etc. 


goo.DJj 

September 28 oo 

2^9 '.j^ 

November 


$438.(5:) 


Aug-ust 


touacco. 


$44. Tf) 


Hoard a.nd i.odiunc ok soldiers. 


October. . . 


$i:)8.;W 


redding. 

Auj^ust 

October 

November. . 


Sl,r)62.r)0 

7T2.07 

271.14 


$2,(50r).71 


convalescent tarles, regimental camps, 

ETC. 


^lay. . . . 
June . . . 
July . . . 
August . . 
September 
October. . 
November. 


$10.00 

25.50 

024.10 

722.50 
1,857.94 
1,729.58 

241.50 


June 


EN T E R TA I N M EN T . 


$5,511.12 

$44.00 


To GOVERNMENT OEEICIALS. 


May 

June 

July. 


$600 00 
1,975.00 
100.00 


$2,675.00 


I-OR SERVICES, .NURSES, COOKS, ETC. 


July 


Aueust . . . 


September. . . 


( Ictober. . . 


November. . 



$5,(566.519 


STATIONERY AND 

June 

July ! 

August 

(October 

November. . . . 


PRINTING. 

■ . . . $ 61.75 

• ■ . . 203.10 

• • • • 160.75 

• ■ . . 103.81 

• • • . 94.59 


SUNDRIES. 


June 


July 


August .... 


September. . . . 


November. , . . 



$624.00 

I otal amount classified expenditures before first audit 


$468.09 

. $49,519,517 


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The Recording Secretary, in her report, has referred to certain letters and 
other papers which are given in this statement with a few words of explana- 
tion. It includes also reports made at intervals to the Board of Directors. 
Reference has been made to the initiatory appeal to the women of the Nation 
to prepare for their work in the threatening storm of war; it was as follows; 

AN OPEN LETTER 

“ To the Daughters of the American Revolution, and other Patriotic 
Women of the United States, concerning a National Corps of Sanitary Vol- 
unteers to aid our officers, soldiers, and sailors, in time of war. {Published 
in the N. I". Tribune, April 2, 1898.) 

“ In view of the crisis through which our country is now passing, and of 
the imminent presence of war, it is fitting that the patriotic women of the 
country should prepare, as our Government is preparing, for the possibility 
of war. While our desire is for peace, the history of our race and our nation 
teaches us that peace is often gained and maintained by the skill and strength 
that prepares for war. As patriotic women, our duties are distinct and clear 
in the event of war, for again history enforces the fact that in every war 
through which our nation has passed on to victory, the effort, the sacrifices 
and prayers of women have been efficient aids to the attainment of such 
victories. The honor of our country, and the sufferings of men, women and 
children in the island of Cuba ‘ for the cause of Independence,’ calls for an 
early and earnest enlistment of women in a suitable service for our country. 

“I, therefore, call for volunteers in sanitary, medical, and other ways suit- 
able for women, and for auxiliary volunteers to aid and encourage the active 
workers. The value of organization is unquestioned, and, by means of these 
two co-operative bodies, many women will be ready to do something in the 
hour of need. 

“ Prudence and conservatism are necessary elements of well-directed 
action; therefore, the following limitations are suggested: 

“ Active sanitary volunteers should be not less than twenty-five years of 
age; if a married woman, she should be one without young children, or other 
home duties, requiring her constant personal attention. While it is not sup- 
posed that volunteers will be called from their homes, there may be occasions 
which demand united action or deliberation at one or more points. 

“ A corps of auxiliary volunteers will also be enlisted whose duty it shall 


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be to aid and forward the work of active volunteers ; the auxiliaries may in- 
clude women of all ages and conditions and also patriotic children. 

‘ ‘ I pledge myself to active work, and shall be pleased to receive the names 
and addresses of women who are willing to enlist as active volunteers and as 
auxiliary volunteers, and shall begin to organize at once on a plan approved 
by select committees in Washington and New York City, whose names will 
soon be published. 

Elle.n Hardin Walworth.” 


1 his call met with a prompt and enthusiastic response by letters received ; 
and the presentation of the idea to associations of women indicated that a 
movement by women in aid of the Government would meet with substantial 
support. A committee, called in May, under the auspices of the Institute 
of Civics, to prepare for a grand reception to be given to the Major-Generals, 
veterans of the war for the Union, was especially responsive to this appeal, and 
favored the plan of offering to buy or equip a hospital ship for the Govern- 
ment. In pursuance of this idea, and more especially to learn whether the 
assistance of women would be accepted by the Government, Mrs. Walworth 
wrote the following letter to the Secretary of the Navy, and invited a few 
ladies to approve and sign it : 


John D. Long, 

Secretary of the Navy of the United States, 

Navy Department, Washington, D. C. 

Dear Sir; 


251 West Eighty-eighth Street, 
New York City, New York, 
April 8, 1898. 


Last week I issued a call to patriotic women of the United States to volunteer for sanitary 
service in case we have war with Spain. The response has been so earnest and enthusiastic 
that I am confident much may be accomplished if we act under GovernmenUil authority. At a 
meeting of a committee of influential women of New York yesterday, April 7th, the proposi- 
tion to equip a hospital ship for the Navy was heartily approved and considered entirely prac- 
ticable. "W ill you either allow the women to equip a ship already owned by the Government 
(such equipment to be subject to the approval of naval inspectors) or would you accept such a 
vessel purchased by men through the solicitation of women and equipped bv the latter ? 

The assurance from you that our efforts are acceptable to the Government will ensure the 
fulfillment of any demand made upon us. 


Respectfully and very truly yours. 


Committee approving the above: 

Mrs. Russell Sage. 

Mrs. Roe. 

Mrs. H. H. Adams. 

Mrs. R. Tr.autman. 


(Mrs.) Ellen Hardin Walworth. 

Mrs. G. L. Gillespie. 

Mrs. Thomas H. Newman. 

Mrs. C. H. Brush. 


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MRS. GEORGE LEWIS GILLESPIE, 

DIRECTOR. 





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The following favorable reply was received : 

NAVY DEPARTMENT. 


Madam: 


Washington, April 15, 1898. 


The Department has the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the communication, dated 
the 9th instant, signed by yourself and other patriotic women of New York City, expressing 
a desire to equip as a hospital ship some vessel already owned by the Government, or to pur- 
chase and equip such a ship for the use of the Navy. 

In reply I have to state that the Surgeon-General of the Navy, to whom the above men- 
tioned communication was referred, has returned the same with the following endorsement: 

The Ambulance ship •* Solace” has been purchased and is now being fitted out for the 
sole purpose of caring for the sick and wounded of both Army and Navy while being 
transported from the scene of action to hospitals on shore, where their permanent care 
can be better provided for than on a vessel. It is considered that this vessel will afford 
sufficient relief for present emergencies. 

The assistance of the patriotic women of America will be highly appreciated, and is 
greatly desired in supplying the vessel with necessities and luxuries for the sick and 
wounded who may be cared for ou board the “ Solace,” as supplemental to the outfit and 
supplies furnished by the Government. 

The Bureau would, therefore, recommend that the offer of the subscribers to the ac- 
companying letter be thankfully accepted, and that any subscriptions received by the 
Treasurer of the Committee be transmitted to the Surgeon-General of the Navy, to be 
used by him for the purpose indicated. 

It gives me pleasure to observe the interest shown by the women to whom you refer, and 
the offer which is made in your communication is most gratefully appreciated ; but it is be- 
lieved that, as suggested by the Surgeon-General, the best use will be made of such funds as 
may be collected by your committee if they are placed in the hands of that officer for the pro- 
curing of luxuries for the sick and wounded, who ma)' be on board the ship already purchased 
by this Department; and such action is, accordingly, recommended. 

Verv respectfully, 

JOHN D. LONG. 

Mrs. Ellen H. Walworth, 

251 West 88th Street, 

New York. 


Being thus assured of the co-operation of influential women and of the 
approval of the Navy Department of the Government, and war having been 
declared, the following invitation was .sent by letter to about fifty New York 
ladies : 

“You are earnestly requested to attend a meeting at the Windsor Hotel, Thursday, April 
21, 1898, at 11 o’clock a. m., to hear a letter of the Secretary of the U. S. Navy, John D. 
Long, and to consider means for following the advice it contains in regard to sanitary aid for 
the Navy in the present crisis. 

Very truly yours, 

Ellen Hardin Walworth.” 


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This meeting was held as proposed, and numbered about forty persons 
present; it was opened with the following words: 

Ladies: I have called you together to-day to consider that war is declared for the women 
as well as for the men of this nation. As citizens of the United States we have the same in- 
terest in the honor of our country and in the principles she maintains, whether in war or 
peace, as the men. In the time of war we have a peculiar and an urgent duty. It appears to 
me that no other opportunity than the state of war allows us to prove so clearly that the na- 
tional life throbs in our veins— that the nation is ours by right of our womanhood. What the 
funeral and the wedding are to the family, war is to the nation. In these family events men 
are dependent on the wife, mother and sister; in war it is the same— so far as action goes in 
both cases the man leads, but in the sentiment that moves to action, and in the result that fol- 
lows action, woman is pre-eminent — the anxiety and care of preparation, the anguish or joy 
of consummation come equally to her — and so, my dear friends, we are in the war, the fifth 
war upon which our Nation has entered. We all hope that it may be successful, as victorious 
as our wars have been in the past. We feel especial anxieties as the housekeepers of the na- 
tion, that is, as the persons most concerned for the health and comfort of the men,— we have 
a special concern, I say, because of the exposure to which they will be subjected in an unac- 
customed climate. Therefore, we mu.st consider the needs, not only of the wounded, and those 
sick of ordinary diseases, but we must try to assist the (rovernment in the general care and 
preservation of the health of the Army and Navy, in using preventive measures. This de- 
mands thought and money. Before there are wounded to be cared for, suffering and disease 
must be met. It is time, then, for us to consider what we shall do. Can we do too much for this 
splendid army now moving toward the front ? Can we do it in any better way than through 
the regular channels provided by the Government to distribute its supplies? Believing this to 
be the best way, I have obtained from the Secretary of the Navy an approval of our efforts, 
and an acceptance of any assistance we can offer to the Surgeon-General, and have sent a 
similar letter to the Secretary of War. We may send supplies supplemental to the Govern- 
ment supplies, that is, delicacies and comforts which military rule does not provide, and the 
money to purchase whatever will contribute to the welfare of the men. In sending money 
through such a channel, through the Surgeon-General, we feel sure we know that every dollar 
will be applied promptly, directly, and economically to the desired end, for whatever criticisim 
may be made of our Army and Navy, in one matter they are unimpeachable,— that is, the hon- 
esty and honor of the officers. (Applause. ) And we may at this hour dwell with pleasure and pride 
on this body of trained and splendidly disciplined men, our little regular Army, small as it is ! 
In scientific attainment, in technical discipline, in a rare and persistent courage and in courtly 
manners, they stand pre-eminent, they will be the leaders in the great struggle before us and 
we have unmeasured confidence in their leadership. 

\es, this disciplined Army is already in motion, leading on toward the battlefields of the 
future. In a few days we know that our Volunteer force, our splendid volunteers, will be 
counted by tens of thousands ! If we could but look over the whole country we would see the 
lawyer, the physician, the merchant, the clerk, the mechanic, the laborer, transformed in a 
day, as it were, into brave, eager, yet disciplined soldiers, leaving home, comfort, business 
and pleasure— for what? to brave the dangers of a tropical climate, for long marches, for ex- 
posed encampments; tramping bravely, intelligently, cheerfully toward the battlefield at the 
first call of the country. Ah, can we mothers, wives and sisters know that war is imminent, is in 
progress now, to-day, and not feel our hearts following step by step those sons, husl^ands and 
brothers ? Suppose no one of them belongs to us here, does not our Christian love, our altru- 

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MRS. J. S. T. STRANAHAN, 

VICE-PRESIDENT. 






istic training alike tell us to think of others ? And I can venture to say that in every group 
of women such as we have here to-day, in anj- part of our land, there will be some among 

them, whose dear ones are at the front, or soon will be there ! But it is not only this feeling 
of kinship and sympathy with the soldier and the sailor that stirs the hearts of American 
women to-daj', loyal as she is to father, husband, brother or lover. Close to the love of kin- 
dred and home, lies the love of country, dearer to us than ever in these last years of the century, 
because we have learned by the agonizing experience of a civil war that our Union, our Nation, 
is secure as one people, that as a nation we are impregnable in patriotism. We know now no North, 
no South, no East, no West, no man’s country, no woman’s country ! We are absolutely one peo- 
ple, whose bonds are cemented by the blood .shed for our independence and for our Union, and 
by the tears we have shed, the sorrows we have suffered, and yet more by the liberty, ease 
and prosperity we enjoy. There is no need to rouse ourselves into patriotism ; it burns 
naturally in the hearts of American women, who love their country and honor their flag. 
A wound to the honor of her country , an outrage upon those who represent its government, 
stirs her indignation. Happily for us women, the men bear the brunt of war, under the rule 
of civilized warfare, but patriotism and Christianity alike call upon us to alleviate their 
hardships and sufferings. 

Perhaps I have a more vivid recollection of the sufferings that come with war, than some 
others — I am older than most of you, and I have suffered through two wars. Although my 
father was a lawyer, and a member of Congress, strongly opposed to the Mexican war, yet as 
soon as war was declared he went into the field at the head of an Illinois regiment, and lost 
his life on the battlefield of Buena Vista. There are women here to-day whose fathers fought 
side by side with him. One of these officers. General E. V. Sumner, distinguished in our late 
war, brought my brother, a young West Point officer, from the Pacific coast to the battle- 
fields of Virginia, where, during the war, that young officer received desperate wounds. I 
could tell you some stirring events in my personal experience in the late war, when my house 
was filled with Union soldiers, and I remained in it with my little children, to nurse the sick 
and disabled as well as I could, and of my grandfathers in the war of 1812 and the Revolu- 
tion. 

But to-day we should turn to practical work in anticipation of the events before us. I want 
you to realize that you are not premature in this — the foe has already assailed our warships. 
Little is said of it, wisely enough, but it should not be forgotten that fevers of the Southern 
climate have already brought sickness in our fleet, and for this reason alone we should hasten 
to organize that we may offer our assistance to the Government in an efficient and forcible 
way. The time has arrived in the progress of our country when American women are ex- 
pected to be awake to national interests. It is in vain that we may turn to our firesides and 
say “ Here is our work; the affairs of the nation and the results of war are in the hands of 
the men, let them bear the whole burden.” Alas! my dear friends, war’s hardest blows 
strike at the fireside and pierce the woman’s heart. Humanity — and this is a war for human- 
ity — humanity is one and indivisible, man and woman. Man and woman are one for civiliza- 
tion, for progress, for labor and for suffering; we cannot escape the anguish of war; let us, 

then, bravely and cheerfully take our share of the burden — a serious charge — the care of the 
sick and wounded. It is true that the Government provides for such calamities which forever 
follow the footsteps of war, but in this duty even a strong and powerful government may look 
anxiously for the tender and thoughtful ministration of women. Let us prepare for the 
work. Let us organize carefully, let us collect money and apply it promptly as emergencies 
arise, and I predict that when peace is happily declared not one woman now present will re- 
gret that to-day she pledged herself to spend time and labor in behalf of her country. 


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At this meeting of April 21st a resolution was passed “That we adopt 
the method of relief for Army and Navy forces suggested by the Surgeon- 
General of the Navy through the Secretary of the Navy;” and a committee 
was appointed to prepare a constitution for the proposed organization. 

At a second meeting, held on April 25th, the name, “ Women’s National 
War Relief Association,” was chosen, and the following letters were read, 
insuring the approval of the War Department to the proposed aid society: 


261 West Eighty -eighth Street, 

Xkw York City, N. Y., April 23, 1898. 

John D. Long, 

Secretary of the Navy. 

Dear Sir: I am in receipt of your kind reply of April 15th to the letter addressed to you 
by our committee in New York offering assistance in a sanitary way to the Department of the 
Navy in the present war. We value greatly the advice of the Surgeon-General of the Navy 
and his acceptance of our offer. At a meeting of the committee, held on the 21st inst., it was 
decided, by a resolution passed to that effect, that the advice of Dr. Van Reypen, Surgeon- 
General of the Navy, should be followed to collect and send money to be disbursed by him 
for supplemental supplies for the sick and wounded. When we are fully organized this sug- 
gestion will be carried into effect. 

Respectfully and very truly yours. 


Ellen Hardin Walworth, 

Chairman. 


251 West Eighty-eighth Street, 

R. A. Alger, ^3, 1898. 

Secretary of War of the United States, 

War Department, Washington, D. C. 

Dear Sir: A national movement has been inaugurated by a committee of influential 
ladies in this city for the purpose of assisting in sanitary or other ways the United States 
military forces during the present war. Our desire is to act upon the advice of the Army and 
Navy departments. We wish to give a practical direction to the enthusiastic patriotism of 
the women of the nation by collecting money for hospital and other supplies which may add 
to the comfort and welfare of the Army and Navy, and to have such means distributed directly 
through the official channels of the Government. 

Y e hope that our effort will be acceptable, and that you will advise us in what direction 
such money may be best applied. 

Respectfully and very truly yours. 


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Ellen Hardin Walworth. 



MRS. JAMES R. McKEE, 

DIRECTOR. 



WAR DEPARTMENT, 


Washington, April 27, 1898. 

My Dear Madam ; I have your very patriotic letter of the 2:3d instant, and I assure you 
that the lo 3 ’alty of the ladies whom j’ou represent is highly appreciated. 

I regret that great pressure of other business will prevent me from making any sugges- 
tions, but believe the dictates of j'our own good judgment will suggest to you better means 
for accomplishing the purpose of your organization than an^dhing I could say. 

Very truly yours, 

R. A. ALGER, 

Secretary of War. 

Mrs. Ellen Hardin Walworth, 

251 West Eighty-eighth Street, 

New York City. 


WAR DEPARTMENT, 


Surgeon-General’s Office, 

May 12, 1898. 

Mrs. Ellen Hardin Walworth, 

Chairman of Committee, 

251 West Eightj’-eighth Street, New York. 

Dear Madam : Your letter of April 23d to the Secretary of War has been referred to me 
for reply. 

The Medical Department of the Army fully appreciates your patriotic motives and will 
willingly accept any money which you may collect for the purchase of supplies for our sick 
and wounded soldiers. Should you send money to me for this purpose I will distribute it 
where it can do the most good, and will inform you as to what disposition has been made of it. 

Very respectfully yours, 

GEO. M. STERNBERG, 

Surgeon-General U. S. Artny. 


GOVERNORS ISLAND, 

New York, April 27, 1898. 

Mrs. Walworth, 

No. 251 West Eighty-eighth Street, 

New York City. 

My Dear Madam : * * * I will be very glad to assist you, if necessarjr, in 

extending the help that you desire to distribute to the Army and Navy. I haven’ta doubt that 
the course you have already taken will yield complete success. The Secretary of War must 
be alive to influences such as you can exert, and, I am sure, will take an interest in the cause 
you represent. 

If you do not, in a reasonable time, receive a satisfactory reply to j'our communication, I 
will be glad to do what is possible to secure you recognition. 

Very cordially yours, 

WESLEY MERRITT. 


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At a meeting held on May 5, 18W8, a const itiitioii was adopted, and the 
members present were constituted an Executive Committee. A resolution 
was adopted to incorporate a Itoard of directors as ^fivinj^ assurance to the 
public of a responsible body to care for and expend the money collected. 

At a meetiiif^ held on Maybth, the form of rejjistration rolls and of a cir- 
cular letter were decided ujum, and orCicers were elected. At this meetintr 
the Ircasurer reported sixty dollars received, and twenty-five dollars— the 
first money received from an auxiliary, that of .Staten Island— was appro- 
priated for printing;. 1 hese were the itiitial movements of the Association in 
a financial way. 

At the next meeting;. May I t>th, the Treasurer reported two hundred and 
twenty-five dollars received, the Little Men and Women of 'Td. of Mrooklyn, 
having; raised one hundred doll.irs by an entertainment. 

A plan of work of the Staten Island Auxiliary was submitted !)y its 
president, Mrs. Wood, and approved. 

I he Haarlem riiilharmonic Society reported throujrh its Tresident, Mrs. 
Newman, a most earnest interest in the relief work with the intention of 
holding a mass meeting in Harlem, which project was carried forward with 
great success. 

Mrs. Lubcck and Mrs. Worthington reported upon the active work in 
the Church of Zion and St. Timothy, and Mrs. Richardson and Mrs. I'rayer 
on the work of the West Side. Mrs. I )ickinson gave assurance .»f the co-oper- 
ation of the King’s Daughters, and Mrs. Reed, of the Daughters of the 
Confederacy, of New York. 

At the same meeting Mrs. White proposed an entertainment to be given 
at the Windsor I lotcl for the benefit of the Association, and offered the ser- 
vices of the Children’s Society of ’7d to represent the “Story of the I'lag,” 
a poem by Mr. Will Carlton. 

At the following meeting, M;iy i>:Ul, this entertainment received a decideil 
impetus by the adoption of a resolution to aid in the eipiipment of the 
(Jovernment hospital ship “ Relief.” Mrs. J. Morris Mrown was app.iinted 
chairman of a committee for this purpose. The Association entered upon 
the work with great enthusiasm; and, beginning with the carbonating appa- 
ratus, at a cost, as already stated, of two thousand dollars, they continued 
their contributions in various ways to this hospital ship until the close of the 
war, including a sewing machine and many supplies. 

Ihe following letters relate to this matter and to the expenditure of 
funds for the hospital ship “ Solace,” and in other directions. 


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MRS. WILLIAM W. TEALL, 
VIOf-PnC«ID(NT, 





WAR DEPARTMENT. 

Surgeon-Genekal’s Oeeice, 

WASHiNciTON, May 20, ( 1H9H. 

Mrs. Ellen Hardin Walworth, 

251 West SHth Street, New York. 

Dear Madam: — 

I have received your kind letter of May l!)th. Accept my thanks in advance for the 
money which you say you intend to send me to be expended for our sick and wounded 
soldiers. I shall probably invest it in delicacies, to be put on our hospital ship, the “ Relief,’’ 
which is now being fitted out in New York Harbor for the purpose of going to any Cuban port 
which we may capture, and receiving the sick and wounded of the Army. 

It is not the intention of the War Department to give the Red Cross Society a monoiioly 
of relief work. Those who are willing to contribute should have the choice as to the channel 
through which their contributions should be expended. * * * 

Very truly yours, 

GEORGE M. STERNHERG, 

Surgeon-General U. S. Ar/ny. 


WAR DEPARTMENT. 

Surgeon-General’s Oeeice, 

Washington, 1). C., May 20, 1898. 

Mrs. Victoria Raymond, 

Treasurer Women’s National War Relief Association, 

Windsor Hotel, New York City. 

Dear Madam: — 

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of May 25th, enclosing a check 
for $300, which is to be used towards purchasing a carbonating apparatus for the hospital ship 
“Relief.” I shall send this money at once to Major George H. Torney, Surgeon U. S. A., 
in charge of the “ Relief,” with instructions that it be expended in accordance with your desire. 
Thanking you for this contribution, I am. 

Very truly yours, 

GEORGE M. STERNBERG, 

Surgeon-General U. S. A, 


Washington, D. C., May 2(1, 1898. 

Mrs. Victoria Raymond, 

Treasurer Women’s National War Relief Association, 

Windsor Hotel, New York City, N. Y. 

Dear Madam: — 

It gives me great pleasure to forward receipt for |300, contributed by your associates for 
the relief and benefit of the sick and wounded sailors of our Navy. The money will be ex- 
pended as you have directed, and will aid and comfort many of our brave men. 

Yours very sincerely, 

W. K. VAN REYPEN, 

Surgeon-General U. S. N. 


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Mrs. Victoria Raymond. 


ARMY BUILDING. 

;{9 Whitehall St., New York, N. Y., May 28, 1898. 


Treasurer Women’s National War Relief Association, 

Windsor Hotel, Fifth Ave., New York. N. Y. 

Dear Madam: — 

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt from Surgeon-General Geo. M. Sternberg, 
U. S. Army, of the check for $900, contributed by the Women’s National War Relief Associ- 
ation, to be applied towards the purchase of the carbonating apparatus for the U. S. hospital 
ship “ Relief, and to thank you for it in the name of the Department. 

It will be reserved as a part of the special fund for the purpose designated. 

Very truly yours, 

GEO. II. TORNEY, 

Major and Sitrf^eoti, ( .S'. Army. 


WAR DEPARTMENT, 
Surgeon-General’s Office. 

Mrs. Victoria Raymond, 


June 1, 1898. 


Treasurer Women’s National War Relief Association, 

,, Windsor Hotel, New York. 

Dear Madam: — 

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letters of May 31st, enclosing 
two checks, one for §250, to be used for the purchase of electric fans for the hospital ship 
Relief, the other for $1, (>00, to be used to complete the purchase of carbonating plant for 
hospital ship “Relief.” 

Accept my sincere thanks for these liberal donations. I shall transmit the checks to 
Major Geo. H. Torney, vSurgeon U. S. Army, commanding the “Relief,” with directions 
that the money shall be applied as requested. 

Very truly yours, 

GEORGE M. STERNBERG. 


DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY. 
Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. 


Dear Mada.m: 


Washington, June 1, 1898. 


I have to acknowledge receipt of yours of May 31st. in relation to the need of delicacies 
on board the “New York ” and the “ Mayflower.” The report of this need quite surprises me. 
W hen the Ambulance Ship “ Solace sailed from Norfolk about three weeks ago, she took 
with her a large supply of delieacies for the sick. These have been distributed from time to 
time to the different vessels of the squadron. I have recentlv received from the Surgeon 
of the “New'iork” an account of the articles received by him. They included ice. fresh 
beef, chickens, eggs, oranges, lemons, etc. 


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MRS. FITZHUQH.LEE, 

VICE-PRESIDENT. 




The “ Solace” has been to Key West for several days and has distributed from her stores 
delicacies for the sick as they were required on the different vessels; I have also sent a supply 
of delicacies to the patients in the Army and iSlarine Hospitals at Key West, and I cannot un- 
derstand why any sick in or about Key West should be without delicacies that have been sent 
for them. If their wants had been made known to the Surgeon of the “ Solace ” they would 
have been supplied. 

The “Solace” will leave Key West in a day or two to bring all the sick and wounded pos- 
sible from the squadron and the hospitals at Key West for transfer to the Naval Hospital at 
Brooklyn. She will return to Key West soon after the patients have been transferred, and 
will take with her an additional supply of delicacies for the sick. 

Medical Director Bloodgood, at the Naval Hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y., will receive any such 
contributions, and they will be taken on board the “ Solace,” after her arrival, for distribution 
South. I know of no better way than this for supplying our men with such articles as they 
may need for their aid and comfort. 


Very respectfully. 


Mrs. Eli.ex Hardin Walworth, 


W. K. VAN REYPEN, 

Surgeon-General, U. S. N. 


Director-General, Women’s National War Relief Association, 

No. 251 West 88th St., New York. 


CAMP McCALLA, 

Guantanamo Bay, Cura, June 27, 1898. 

To THE Director General: 

Women’s National War Relief Association. 

Windsor Hotel, N. Y, 

My Dear Madam: 

I have to acknowledge with profound thanks the receipt of six hundred abdominal bands, 
and twelve dozen each condensed milk and beef extract. 

I cannot sufficiently thank you for your kindness in this matter. No doubt your gift will 
preserve the health of many a man whose life would otherwise be a burden, and that your 
liberality will be fully appreciated by the recipients. 

I am, very sincerely, 

R. V. HUNTINGTON, 

Luut-CoL, U. S. M. C. 


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U. S. HOSPITAL TRAIN, 


Col. J. Morris Brown, 

Med. Dept. U. S. A., Army Bldg., 
New York City, N. Y. 

Mv Dear Colonel: 


Tampa, Fla., June 28, 1898. 


Please express to the ladies who so generously offered me money for delicacies for the 

sick who are to be carried on the hospital train, my sincere thanks for their kind interest in 
them. 


I am not just now in actual need of money, but any that they may send will be judi- 
ciously applied in any way they may suggest. 

As I have no fixed address, it will be best to send any contributions to me in care of the 
burgeon- General of the Army, who is kept informed of my whereabouts. 

Very sincerely, 

CHAS. RICHARDS, 

Major and Surgeon, U. S. A., 

Officer in Charge. 


U. S. ARMY HOSPITAL SHIP “RELIEF.” 


Dear Mrs. Walworth: 


August 22, 1898. 


Because of a visit to Washington, to which city I was ordered immediately upon mv 
arrival in New York, I did not until to-day receive your favor of the 19th inst., too late to 
take any action about the elevator, as the “Relief” will sail to-morrow evening for Ponce, 
orto Rico, to return very soon with sick and convalescents from the Army on that island. 

I wish to thank you and the Women’s National War Relief Association for your generous 
o er to fit an elevator in the “ Relief,” and will consult with the agent of the elevator com- 
pany about It. Major Bradley informed me of the visit of Mrs. White to the ship regardins: 
t IS matter, and I am sorry that my duties kept me away at the time, as I was anxious to 


I wish again to thank the Association for the many favors it has done for the “Relief” 
and the great assistance it has given me in my work in administering for the care of the sick 
No one but myself can fully appreciate this, and I hope at some time to make the proper ac- 
knowledgment of the great good you have done. 


Sincerely yours. 


Mrs. Ellen Hardin W.alworth, 

The Windsor, 

New York, N. Y. 


GEO. H. TORNEY. 


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At this point in the progress of the Association, which had received 
heretofore only the generous contributions of its own members and the smaller 
amounts derived from the registration rolls, great encouragement was found 
in the liberal contributions voluntarily sent to the Hoard of Directors by Mr. 
E. Ellery Anderson, Mr. Charles II. Raymond, Mr. Howdoin, Mr. Roswell 
H. Flower, Mr. II. D. Babcock, Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan, Mr. G. \V. Cop- 
pell, Mr. C. B. Mubbell, Mr. I. N. Seligman, Mr. Seth Low, Mr. Jacob H. 
Schiff, General Daniel S. Lamont, Mr. Elihu Root, Mr. J. C. Carter, Mr. 
William Schermerhorn, General Louis h'itzgerald. Rev. Dr. T. R. Sheer 
and many other patriotic gentlemen. This put the directors at once in a 
financial condition to choose their work and to reach out in such directions as 
appealed to their sympathy and patriotism. It also gave the oi)portunity to 
appoint an advisory board of men, for whose counsels they had occasionally 
felt the need. 

Arrangements for the proposed entertainment were completed, and it 
was given successfully on June 4, 1898. It brought into the treasury a 
good sum of money and was also a beautiful and enjoyable affair. The large 
dining room and banqueting hall of the Windsor Motel were elaborately 
decorated through the courtesy of several large business firms, and adorned 
with a large oil portrait of General Grant. The command at Governors 
Island furnished a military band, and also a number of soldiers in uniform, to 
co-operate with an equal number of sailors from the Navy Yard to aid in the 
illustrated poem of the flags. This full dress occasion proved a delightful 
re-union of the members of the Association and their friends. The pro- 
gramme was as follows: 


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programmp:. 

Part First. 


1 . 

2 . 

3. 


Military Band, Govkrnors Island. 

Franz Winkler, Conductor. 
Grand Selection, “America” 

Soprano Solo 

Mlle. Marie Decca. 

vSoNOS, 


. Bendtx 
. Selected 


o. “Go Where Glory Waits Thee ”... ) 

“The Minstrel Boy ” • • . . . Irish 

Mr. Perry Averill. 


Plantation Folk-Lore (Song Lecture). 

Mrs. Jean.nette Robinson Murphy. 

Violin Solo, Ballade et Polonaise Vieux-temps 

Mr. David Bimberg. 

Original Poem, “ Voice of the Flags.” 

Read by the author, Mr. Will. Carleton. 

Illustrated by Brooklyn Little Men and Women of ’ 7 f 5 . 

Mokinsciiard Quartette, Selections. 

Mr. Taylor More. Mr. R. Montgomery Schell 

Mr. Edward B. Kinney. Mr. Frederick K. Seward. 
Military Band. 

Fest March, from “Tannhauser” Wagner 


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Part Second. 


1 . 

Military Band, “ Gems of Stephen Forster,” 

Grand American Fantasia 


2 . 

Songs, 

3. 

a. “ She Wandered Down the Mountain Side ” 
h. “Mattinata” 

Miss Mina Schilling. 

Songs, 

. . . Clay 


a. “Ninon” . . . 



h. “ ily Dearest Heart ” 

Mr. Albert G^rard-Thiers. 

. Sullivan 

4. 

Original Poem, “Cuba,” 



Mrs. Anna Randall Diehl. 


5. 

Violoncello Solo, 


6 . 

Mme. Flavie Van den Hende. 
Mokinschard Quartette, “Yankee Dewey.” 


7. 

“ Star Spangled Banner.” 



Mlle. Marie Decca and Military Band. 



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MRS. WILLIAM A. RICHARDS, 

WYOMIMG. 


MRS. 


MRS. WILLIAM Y. ATKINSON, 

GEORGIA. 

LORRIN A. COOKE, 

CONNECTICUT. VICE-PRESIDENTS. 


MRS. WILLIAM O. BRADLEY, 

KENTUCKY. 

MRS. ALVA ADAMS, 

COLORADO. 




Notwithstanding the time had arrived for a summer exodus to^ the 
country, several members of the Association lingered longer or remained in 
town the whole summer to assist in the work that now pressed upon them 
so urgently. A plan had been adopted to hold an August meeting at Sara- 
toga Springs for the development of the national organization, but the news 
from Cuba, with the possible return of wounded men, and rumors of an in- 
crease of fevers in the Southern camps, led to an abandonment of any other 
than strictly business meetings, that the directors might urge forward the 
relief work. Mrs. Washington A. Roebling was authorized to represent the 
Association at the Denver meeting of the General Federation of Women’s 
Clubs, where she made a strong appeal in behalf of its national and patriotic 
character. A committee was also appointed by the Director General to 
strengthen the general or national organization, but all plans finally yielded 
to the urgent and direct purpose of the Association to alleviate as rapidly as 
possible and in as many ways as practicable the sickness and suffering of 
the soldiers; the machinery of organization was a secondary consideration. 
The Board of Directors, incorporated, gave assurance of financial security with 
their frequent reports from their treasurer and other officers. Relief, relief! 
for the sick and suffering! That, and that alone, was the business ever 
before the Board of Directors as the season progressed. 

In an effort to give the most practical and direct assistance, it was 
decided that an offer of the Director General to visit Washington and try to 
obtain official permission to establish diet kitchens and introduce women 
nurses into the general and field hospitals, should be accepted. The follow- 
ing resolution to that effect was passed : 

New York, June 21, 1898. 

Mrs. Ellen Hardin Walworth, 

Director General. 

Dear Madam: 

At the last meeting of the Board of Directors of the Women’s National War Relief Asso- 
ciation, by a unanimous vote you were instructed and requested, at your earliest convenience, 
to proceed to Washington and communicate with the proper Government officials in regard to 
the work of the Association. 

I am instructed to say that the Association, through the Board, places in your hands full 
authority to adjust its affairs according to the dictates of your good judgment. 

Very respectfully, 

Anne Rhodes, 

Secretary. 

Oil June 18 th Mrs. Walworth started to Washington. On her return 
she made the accompanying report. 


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(Re|>orf of ‘©irecfor (Bcneraf 

To Buard of Directors, June 27, 1898. 

On the morning after my arrival in Washington, 1 went to the Arlington 
to meet, ,f I could find him. Dr. Henry McCook, and learn something oMtis 
plans and expectations for the Relief Commission, of I'hiladelphia, o^ which 
he .s an active member. He was out, and 1 was equally unsuccessful in sel 

i^Lk’t -^11 "v '’y Governor 

I K n I I'^atned from otlier sources ail that 

would probably liave lieard from these gentlemen. So far as General Carrolls 
mission IS concerned, I believe he will report affairs in a satisfactory condUioi 

by a better organization of the Commissary Department, which is a partial 
remedy for the suffering reported. I went early on the same day to the War 
Depar^nent to see Surgeon-General Sternberg, and had to wait an houJor 
re to secure a personal interview with him. My reception was very cordial 

serHcrtrttT'D one which had been of real 

service to the Department, and so e.xpressed himself. When I talked with 

satisfied Tor The“°t' ''o thought we should be entirely 

satisfied for them to remain just as they are, since we have all the privileires 
that are given or allowed to any aid society during the war 

When I suggested that some of our officers might be enlisted in the 
Government Hospital Corps, and thereby entitled to“ the brassa^dT: vised 

were T’tT ‘bis, unless they 

the presence or on the ground of the enemy. I then urged 

.rrsTTr TcT'^T ‘^"‘.’^■■‘^bens. or at least diet cooks ; and said furre 
that as patriotic citizens, anxious for the tvelfare of the soldiers and sailors 

we would be glad to know something of the interior of the general militarv 
hospitals and the hospitals in the field. He immediately off red to gT me 
the following letter which would afford access to these hospitals. 

WAR DEPARTMENT, 

Surgeon-General’s Office, 

To Chief Surgeons of Army Coips and Divisions in the Fieid 
and to Commanding Officers of U. S. Generai Hospitals- ' 

NatilnaTwaTReHef ATocia“.Dn®'‘Th"f“ "'"‘"orth, is Director Generaiof the Women's 
already afforded very substaS aid I. 11 , '°"“ ' 'b Walworth represents has 

other ways, i oommU^ In 

(Signed) GEO. M. STERNBERG, 

Surgeon-General, U. S. Army. 


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MRS. J. B. ROGERS, MRS. DANIEL H. HASTINGS, MRS. JOHN R. TANNER, 

WASHINGTON. PENNSYLVANIA. ILLINOIS. 

MRS. FRANK STEUNENBERG, MRS. T. HOQE TYLER, 

IDAHO. VIRGINIA. 


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The interview was interrupted at this point and I withdrew. In the 
afternoon I called to see Mrs. Griggs, hoping to confer with her as one of our 
Vice-Presidents about the work of the Association, but she had left the city 
as had Mrs. Henry Smith, of Montana, who had expressed an enthusiastic 
interest when invited to be Vice-President. I went also to see Mrs. Dickins, 
wife of Commander Dickins, of the U. S. N., and learned from her that the 
most popular work among the women of Washington, is for the families of 
soldiers, many of whom were found destitute. I learned also that the Daughters 
of the American Revolution had assisted in the equipment of the hospital 
train of cars, but had not supplied it entirely as reported in the newspapers. 

On Tuesday morning I went to the Navy Department to see Surgeon- 
General Van Ruypen. He was quite as cordial toward our organization as 
General Sternberg, and his advice was similar. He said, “You have done, 
and are doing, a most excellent work ; we appreciate it and hope you will go 
on with it, and in the same way.” 

From the Navy Department I called to see Mrs. General Grant; she 
was warmly interested in our work and seemed gratified that we had invited 
her to take part in it. She spoke with much affection of her old friends, our 
Secretary and Treasurer, Mrs. McLean and Mrs. Raymond, and thought we 
were fortunate in having women of such ability. If her health permits, it 
will give her pleasure to be with us in Saratoga at our midsummer meeting. 
She is enthusiastically interested in both the officers and soldiers of the pres- 
ent war, and she hopes that we may be really serviceable to the men at the 
front. 

On Wednesday, June 22d, I started with Mrs. Logan for Camp Alger 
at 10 o’clock in the morning. Driving over the long bridge that separates 
Washington City from Virginia, we left the carriage and took the trolley for 
a half hour’s ride and then hired a light wagon to take us about three miles 
over a very rough and intolerably dusty, hot road to the camp. At its out- 
skirt we were met by young private B., son of Judge B. He looked a mere 
boy, one would say, of sixteen, a gentlemanly, fine fellow. We went with 
him to the headquarters of his regiment, the 65th New York, and while 
the Colonel entertained the other ladies of the party, I, with the sur- 
geon of the regiment. Major B , went to the hospital of the regi- 

ment. He had been nine years in the regiment and left a lucrative 
practice to go to the front and take care of his boys, and a tender 

heart he had for them; as young B said, “Oh, the boys cry for the 

Major.” There was pathos in that remark, and it is an index to the 


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apparent trouble between the regimental and division hospitals. I visited 
three of these regimental hospitals, consisting of one tent with a few 
medicines, and in one of them a medicine case. In this one I saw the 
attendants rolling bandages and I said, “How is this; we women are told 
you never use home-made bandages, but only those already sterilized and 
specially prepared.” “ Well,” said the Major, we need bandages, we do not 
get them, so we make them.” This is the keynote to many supplies that 
are acceptable to the hospitals. Doubtless, as things are adjusted and the 
division hospitals are thoroughly organized, these wants will be supplied, 
but in the meantime we may “lend a hand.” In every regimental hospital 
there was the same suggestive explanation of no objection to division hospitals, 
no disposition to complain ; but the fact was that medical supplies did not come 
on requisition, and they were needed for slight illnesses and accidents when 
men did not need to be turned over to the division hospital as invalids. 
Lastly, I visited the division hospital where about twenty men were lying 
sick in open tents, with one or two attendants visible. There were 
good mosquito nets over each sick man, and his name and regiment was 
written on a paper and pinned to the net. They seemed comfortable, except 
one young fellow whose expre.ssion and attitude indicated despair. 

The cases of measles and pneumonia were at some distance in closed tents. 
The Colonel-Surgeon in charge said, when the improved condition of things 
was observed, “ This is a field hospital and a training camp; we did not 
suppose that field hospitals should be provided with sheets and pillow-cases.” 
No cots either, presumably, as the sick men were found on the ground when 
one of the western senators peremptorily demanded at the War Department 
that cots should be sent to the camp. There is a difference of opinion about the 
hardships to be taught to soldiers. Which is correct — military rule or pub- 
lic sentiment? Shall we wait until these men have the threatened typhoid 
before changing the conditions? It is evident to me that a serious scourge 
of typhoid fever is threatened in this camp. What can be done to avert it? 

We returned from Camp Alger by a road more rough but less dusty than 
the one by which we went, and arrived in the city late and quite tired out 
with the expedition, and heart-sick with the information given by the Colonel- 
Surgeon, that soldiers vv’ho are ill should be disciplined with unnecessary 
hardships. 

On Thursday, the 23d, I visited the headquarters of the Hospital Corps 
of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Dr. Anita McGee in charge, 
and was gratified to learn that a nurse, recommended by Mrs. Raymond and 


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MRS. MIGUEL A. OTERO, 

NEW MEXICO. 

MRS. WILLIAM P. LORD, 

OREGON. 


MRS. ELISHA DYER, 

RHODE ISLAND. 

VICE-PRESIDENTS. 


MRS. ANDREW E. LEE, 

SOUTH DAKOTA. 

MRS. DAN. W. JONES, 

ARKANSAS. 












endorsed by me as founder of the D. A. R., had been commissioned and 
sent to the hospital at Atlanta — Fort McPherson. I was kindly allowed to 
read several letters written by the few nurses who had gone South, and some 
from Regents and other daughters who were interested in hospital work for 
the soldiers. All of these indicated the great need of assistance at every place 
where the sick and wounded were gathered. At noon I went to the capital 
and had an interview with Senator Cullom, of Illinois, and Senator Platt, of 
New York, who each gave me an introduction to the President of the United 
States. General Gillespie had furnished me with a letter to Colonel Bingham, 
Superintendent of Public Buildings. I, therefore, sought him at the War 
Department, to secure an interview with the President at a favorable time ; 
he managed it for me, with a happy result. I had a long, informal and 
satisfactory talk with the President about our Association and our work. 
He knew of us and was interested; he believed we were doing an admirable 
work along the correct lines and wished we might continue it in the same 
way. He said we were safe in following General Sternberg’s advice, and added 
that anything which General Sternberg approved, he (the President) would do 
for us, or would sign any paper for us that General Sternberg recommended. 

The President said he had given no special privilege to any association, 
and implied that all of the aid societies approved by the Surgeon- 
General were equally privileged. He was thoroughly cordial and 
encouraging and, as I have said, willing to help us in any special need. 
Friday morning, the 24th, I went again to the office of General Stern- 
berg. As he was called to the Secretary’s office I talked with Colonel Alden, 
his assistant, in regard to the plan I had proposed for assisting in sanitary 
cooking for the sick. Colonel Alden thought it might, with care, be adjusted 
in a way to be practicable, and said he would confer further with General 
Sternberg about it. He then advised me to visit the general hospital at 
Fort ]\Iyer. I immediately took a little carriage and drove out there, about 
three or four miles from Washington. The surgeon in charge, IMajor Davis, 
seemed pleased to see me and to hear of our Association. He took me 
through the wards of the hospital where many are seriously ill with typhoid 
fever, meningitis and pneumonia. He had only newly enlisted men to nurse 
and cook for all of the sick people. 

He informed me of the immediate need of the hospital for night lamps, 
ice bags, and medicine glasses, which I supplied on my return to the city. 
He also said he would like to have an expert cook furnished by the Associa- 


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tion. I was delayed in buying the supplies, so that I could take only a late 
train for New York, and arrived here at midnight on the 24th inst. 

Ellen Hardin Walworth, 

Director General. 

Upon her return to New York, Mrs, Walworth received the following 
letter from General Sternberg in reference to her proposal to furnish expert 
men cooks, as he would not at that time consent to allow regular diet 
kitchens conducted by women as she at first requested : 

WAR DEPARTMENT, 

Surgeon-General’s Office, 


Washington, July 1, 1898. 

Mrs. Ellen Hardin Walworth, 

Director General, Women’s National War Relief Association, 

Windsor Hotel, New York. 

Dear Madam : 

Your letter to Colonel Alden has been handed to me. Any arrangements you may make 
with Dr. Davis, Surgeon in charge of the General Hospital at Fort ]\Iyer, will be entirely 
satisfactory to me. Very truly yours, 

GEORGE M. STERNBERG, 

Surgeon-General, U. S. Army. 


Major Davis was not satisfied that the French chef offered him would 
suit his purpose, so the chef was sent to Fortress Monroe, as appears from 
the following letter, where his services were most acceptable, and where he 
remained until November 1, 1898. 

WAR DEPARTMENT, 

Surgeon-General’s Office, 


Washington, July 21, 1898. 

Mrs. Eugene E. McLean, 

The Alban3% Fifty-second street and Broadway, 

New York City, N. Y. 

Dear Madam : 

Your favor of July 18th has been received, and in reply I would say that the kind offer of 
the Women’s National War Relief Association to furnish a competent French cook to take 
charge of the special diet for our sick and wounded soldiers at Fort Monroe, is very highly 
appreciated, and will be accepted. I have no doubt the service^ of such a man would be of 
great value. Very truly yours, 

GEORGE M. STERNBERG, 

Surgeon-General, U. S. Army. 


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Q^eporf of f^e ‘©irecfor (^eneraf 

To THE Board of Directors, August !), 1898. 


Extract from minutes of Board of Directors of the Women’s National 
War Relief Association, July 11, 1898. 

Whereas; The principal purpose of this Association is “to aid and comfort the sick 
and wounded soldiers and sailors in this present war,” and the emergency being upon us in 
which large numbers of wounded, together with hundreds of cases of typhoid fever, will fill 
the military hospitals within a few days, and. 

Whereas ; This Association has no authorized agent at the points where these sick and 
wounded will be placed who can report to us the immediate needs which it is now in our 
power to relieve ; therefore be it 

Resolved, That the Director General, Mrs, Ellen Hardin Walworth (who is empowered 
by the Surgeon-General U. S. A., to visit all hospitals), be, and hereby is, authorized to 
proceed at once to Fortress Monroe, and such other points as in her discretion is necessary, to 
obtain definite information leading to the efficient distribution of the siippleinetital supplies 
the Government has signified its willingness to accept from this Association, and which 
supplies we are now prepared to furnish to General and Field Hospitals under the direction of 
the United States officers in charge of said hospitals. 


Signed: Margaret Sumner McLean. 

Augusta Chauncey Anderson. 


Anne Rhodes, 
Recording Secretary. 


In conformity with these instructions, on July 12th, I started for 
Fortress Monroe and spent a few hours in Washington on the way. I drove 
out to Fort Myer to know if I could give further assistance there, as we had 
done in the previous month. The number of fever cases had largely in- 
creased there, but they were provided with men nurses, and the associations 
of Washington were providing the hospital with delicacies. I, therefore, 
hurried on to Fortress Monroe, and was fortunate enough to arrive on the 
13th, the day on which the first of the wounded soldiers of Santiago were 
disembarked. They came on the ship “ City of Washington.” This was 
followed the next day by the “ Breakwater,” both ships bringing about 45U 
men, which, with the patients already in the hospital at Fortress Monroe, 
brought the number up to oOO, several suffering from sunstroke and a few 
with malarial and typhoid fever. Much has been printed and said about the 
“Seneca” and “Concho,” but I think the suffering did not exceed that on 
these first ships, which were crowded with the wounded, and had no nurses, 
no special diet for the sick, nor other careful provision. There were, I think, 
no civilians on board to “ tell the tale,” and no soldier complains. On the 
contrary, if by questioning or incidentally it is found that they were hungry 


53 


for many hours or for days, or that their wounds were neglected, they say 
with entire simplicity, “There were so many of us — they did the best they 
could for us.” 

The flat freight cars of the trolley were run down on the wharf and filled 
with the more slightly wounded, while others were carried by ambulances 
and on litters to the hospital. 

A brick building recently completed, the Post Hospital, held 

about 100 patients ; 20 tents containing 20 cots each had been 

prepared to receive the remainder. This was the limit of prep- 
aration the Government had made for the care of the men wounded 
nearly two weeks previous to their arrival. They came in the woolen 
clothes in which they fell on the battlefield, and you can well 
understand those who came were the most vigorous of those who were wounded ; 
the weak and despondent would necessarily die under such hardship. The 
appeals I made to you in the early summer for these men, since then exposed 
under the burning sky of Cuba and in the pestilential trenches before San- 
tiago, are proved to be no mere picture of the imagination — the facts have far 
outstripped the contemplated suflering. I was overcome, as you would have 
been, at sight of their weariness and pain, and their silent and heroic 

endurance — and again with their gratitude and content when bathed and 

clothed in the pajamas and night shirts prepared by their countrywomen, 
they were tucked in their cots knowing that the day of rest in their own 
country had come. 

I'ew, if any, extra nurses or members of the hospital corps had been 
provided ; neither had extra medical supplies, clothing, or hospital deli- 
cacies been supplied. Major De Witt, the Surgeon in charge, wrote to 
Washington for thirty-five hospital orderlies, and he consented for me to 
telegraph General Sternberg for eight trained women nurses. It would be 
some days before these assistants could have their papers prepared and be 
ready for duty. I telegraphed for my daughter, Reubena, who 
was then taking an emergency course of study in the Saratoga Hos- 
pital, to come immediately, which she did at her own expense, and 
entered the first ward, where she is still nursing the sick and wounded ; three 
other ladies were volunteers, two daughters of Capt. Evans of the 
Iowa, and Mrs. Cushman, wife of an ofificer on the same ship. These 
four volunteers are doing unceasing and devoted service. Before the 
first week was ended eight of our nurses had arrived, all of them of the 
highest order in their profession, and of inestimable service to the men and 


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WARD NO. 1— WHERE MISS R. H. WALWORTH NURSED THE WOUNDED. 









the surgeons. During the same week, with the assistance of Mrs. McLean, 
Mrs. Raymond and other members of the Board of Directors, I was able to 
locate the special diet cook, Duche, in a separate diet kitchen of the hospital, 
where he gave the greatest satisfaction to the surgeon in charge and all persons 
in the hospital. The stewards consult him in their purchases, the butcher 
in his cuttings, the cooks in their preparations — while he is a prime favorite 
with the nurses and patients. Besides the preparation of regular and extra 
meals for all the trays — about 200 — he prepares a dainty dish or drink at 
10.80 and at 4 o’clock every day, to be sent around to the different wards. 
If he sees a nurse looking weary or exhausted he is quick to offer her a cup 
of bouillon or cocoa. He is a success! I believe that no money could be 
expended to better advantage than that appropriated for his wages and for 
the board, washing and trolley fare for the nurses you have placed there. I 
recommend that others be engaged if acceptable to the surgeon in charge. 
In fact, I have just received a telegram from Mrs. Armstrong, of Fort- 
ress Monroe, who has contributed largely of both money and time to the 
hospital work, urging me to use our influence to send several additional nurses. 

Immediately on the arrival of the first wounded men I telegraphed to 
our supply committee here to send 100 each of underclothes, socks, hand- 
kerchiefs, pajamas and slippers, and again for pajamas, also soon after for 50 
pairs of crutches, which order later was duplicated. I also made a special 
request of the surgeon in charge to allow the wounded men to take their 
crutches home with them. As a larger part of the patients became conva- 
lescent, I saw that they needed additional nourishment in the mess hall, 
where about 800 took their meals. After consultation with the steward, I 
asked our Directors to allow me for three weeks one hundred dollars a week 
to add chickens, eggs, butter and fruit to the general mess table, and that 
is in progress now with evident benefit to the convalescents, who are being 
gradually furloughed for 80 days and sent home. 

I also used ninety dollars of your money to assist in the purchase of 
clothes and railroad tickets for these furloughed men. I thought you would 
be pleased to do this for a few New York men, especially after I saw 
how’ carefully the Massachusetts people had provided for all soldiers from 
their State to return home promptly and comfortably. 

In doing these things for the Association it was not merely a matter of 
seeing a need and giving an order to have it supplied. Authority must be 
had from Washington, and also from those in charge of the hospital. It was 
well, also, to confer with the stew’ards having the care of material and the 


55 


filling of requisitions. Then one should see the nurses and tell them what 
they might ask for, and finally visit the sick men individually and learn their 
separate suffering and the best way to alleviate it. In this last duty, requir- 
ing time and tact, I would mention the assistance of my daughter from 
Albany, Miss Nelly Walworth, who came at her own expense and spent a 
week writing letters for the men, following up the slight clew a feeble 
wounded man would sometimes give of a comrade killed or wounded, to 
send some message to his home. Dr. Bailey, of Philadelphia, began this 
work, but could remain only a few days, when Miss Walworth continued it. 
This gentleman expressed such joy, that tears filled his eyes when I told him 
General Sternberg had telegraphed me permission to bring nine graduate 
nurses here, if we provided a home for them — these were the first to be ad- 
mitted to a field hospital — which was a triumph after such repeated refusals. 

I would also have you appreciate the hearty co-operation of the Relief 
Commission Dr. Bailey represented. They and their friends sent a number 
of boxes, and also Chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution 
sent boxes to my care, which were all distributed in the hospital at Fortress 
Monroe. 

It would pain you to hear the details of work done for the fever patients 
left “ by the way ” from the outgoing Porto Rico expedition, and of the 
virulent fever, they brought from Chickamauga and which is now crowding 
the hospital at Fortress Monroe faster than the convalescent can be sent 
away. I bought milk, cereals and medicines for the men and the surgeons 
in camp at Newport News, and large demands are filled at this time in 
that place by the earnest Virginia women of Hampton and Phcebus. These 
ladies began an afternoon sewing circle to make up some material I furnished 
them from our Association and they continue these meetings every day; 
our supply committee will send them more material. 

In conclusion, I can only say that I have tried to use your generous 
gifts to our brave heroes from Santiago in the most effective way that my 
observation and thought suggested. 

Eclkn Hardin W.alworth, 

Director General. 

Upon the return of the Director General from Fortress Monroe she 
made an examination of the general method and character of work at the 
headquarters of the Association and in the various branches into which it 
had extended during the active month just passed. It seemed apparent that 
an assistant Director General should be present in New York, and she, there- 

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fore, nominated Miss Helen Miller Gould to fill that office, which was unan- 
imously and enthusiastically confirmed by the Board of Directors and; the 
Executive Committee. This was the more necessary, as experience had 
proved that the presence of the Director-General in or near the field hospitals 
greatly facilitated the direct application of funds to the needs of the sick 
and wounded, and she proposed to visit the hospitals at Chickamauga, 
Fernandina and Jacksonville, for this purpose, or to go to any other 
point which the Board of Directors thought more important in the 
p''osecution of their work. The report concerning Montauk will show how 
this plan was carried out. In the meantime, in Mrs. Walworth’s absence. 
Miss Gould as Acting Director General, placed a working secretary at head- 
quarters, Miss Grace Eastman, whose devotion to the work was most 
earnest and efficient. A record was kept of the orders for supplies which 
were sent to Miss Gould daily and sometimes hourly, from the field by 
Mrs. Walworth, from the ports and hospitals about New York by members 
of the Association who had supervision in these departments, and of the 
various orders she herself gave for supplies to be sent in many directions. 

During the early weeks of the organization a committee had been ap- 
pointed to receive such supplies as were contributed gratuitously, Mrs. H. K. 
Brown being chairman. This committee had been efficient and answered 
the purpose while the supplies were limited to such voluntary contributions, 
but it was soon found that the demands were so large and varied that a 
regular purchaser became necessary. Mr. A. L. Wickert, an expert in this 
line, most kindly and generously volunteered his services through the 
Advisory Committee, and he was of invaluable assistance to the Association 
during the most severe pressure of its work. Mr. Cockey also gave largely 
of his knowledge for the benefit of the Association. 

During this busy time Miss Gould came daily from her country seat to 
the headquarters of the Association and gave personal attention to its require- 
ments. She also inspired the formation of auxiliaries to the Association at 
Irvington and Tarrytown, and the accompanying reports will show the great 
extent to which the relief work was carried by these organizations and also by 
means of the hospitals which were thrown open at the same place for conva- 
lescent soldiers. Thus the efficient service rendered by Miss Gould enabled the 
Director General to remain at the field hospital during the weeks of suffer- 
ing at Camp Wikoff. 


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Specimen (jjjages of (JII100 ( 0 oufb ’0 ^r^er (jSooft. 

MONTAUK— CA:\IP WIKOFF. GENERAL HOSPITAL. 

KARLY IN SEPTKMliER. 

Medicae Supplies.— 6 dozen feeding cups, 50 ice bags, 50 iron bed pans, 10 hot water 
bags, 10 clinical thermometers, 10 gallons alcohol, 2 quarts whiskey, 11 qts. brandy, 4 cases 
blackberry brandy, 30 bottles blackberry cordial, 1 case lithia, 500 fever charts, 1 gross 
bora ted talcum powder, 60 chamois skins, 4 lumps rock salt, 1 case blackberry brandy,! dozen 
bottles whiskey, 1 bottle peptonoids, 12 bottles port wine, 12 bottles sherry, 8 gross mat- 
zoon, 1 case blackberry brandy, 25 crutches, 1 druggist’s scales, 1 surgical pocketcase, 1 
fountain syringe, 50 rubber bed rings, 1 case hartshorn. 20 yards rubber cloth, 1 syringe, 6 
hot water bags, 1 hard rubber bed pan, 24 clinical thermometers, 1,000 fever charts. 1 case 
port wine, 1 case whiskey, 1 typhoid fever tub, 1 case ginger ale, 2 cases appollinaris, 2 
cases (demijohns) hygeia water, 3 cases ginger ale, 3 cases appollinaris water, 6 cases hygeia, 
G cases vichy. 

Food. — 5 lbs. butter, 1 box oranges, 12 boxes ginger snaps, 270 doz. eggs, 2 cases ginger 
preserves, 2 cases macaroni, 1 bbl. ginger snaps, 1 bbl. milk biscuit, 1 bbl. assorted crackers, 1 
bbl. saltines, 3 cases canned fruit, 2 cases soups, 3 cases malted milk, 1 dozen sheep, 4 cases 
oranges, 1 case blackberry jam, 2 cases lemons, G cases invalid food, 1 bbl. oysters. 

Clothing.— 1 case blue suits, 2 rubber coats, 2 prs. rubber boots, 1,000 handkerchiefs, 
10 boxes shoes, 2 cases leather slippers, 4 cases army hats, 196 sets underwear, 45 dozen 
night shirts, 500 blue flannel shirts, 100 pairs socks, 100 pairs slippers. 

Bedding.— 1,400 sheets, 680 pillow cases, 2,000 blankets. 

Miscellaneous.— 2 cooks, 4 waiters, 1 porter, 80 bushels oats, 1 gong, 50 tin canisters, 2 
boxes candles, 120 packages carpet tacks, 102 gallons kerosene, 2 whiffletrees, 12 lanterns. 12 
gross lampwicks, 1 yoke, 1 box candles, lumber for tent floors, 2 carpenters with tools, 1 team 
horses and driver, horses for carriage, 1 can axle oil, 2 lap robes, 10 bales hay, 30 bushels oats, 
5 bags bran, 3 boxes tobacco, 1 bbl. coal oil, 1 case safety matches, 1 whip, 1 portable house, 

1 carriage, 1 large wagon, 1 bbl. kerosene. 

Stationery.— X ream typewriting paper, 20 pads paper, 12 memorandum books, 1 box 
rubber bands, 1 bottle red ink, 1 dozen blotters, 2 boxes pens, 1 dozen pen holders, 1 gross 
pens, 1 dozen pencils, 1 box mucilage (sticks), 1 bottle ink. 

Furniture.— 6 oil stoves, 100 cots, 42 chairs, 1 ice box, 2 small rugs, 2 slop pails, 2 feather 
dusters, 1 dozen brooms. 2 clocks, 2 thermometers, 100 cots with wire springs, 50 commodes, 
3>6 camp chairs, 2 tables. 

Toilet Articles.— 12 paper wash basins, 200 sponges, 100 whisk brooms, 100 tooth 
brushes, 4 boxes ivory soap, 1 case Florida water, 100 combs, 1 case bay rum, 1,500 towels. 

Dishes and Kitchen Utensils.,— 3 dozen plates, 3 vegetable dishes, 2 platters, 2 dozen 
knives, 2 dozen forks, 1. dozen table spoons, 3 platters, 2 dozen spoons, X dozen teaspoons, 2 
dozen glasses, 200 tumblers, 300 plates, 50 agate cups, 12 ice picks, 48 lemon squeezers, 2 
coffee tanks, 2 milk shakers, 50 tin cups, 52 pails, 24 dish towels, 1 dozen scrub brushes, 3 mops, 

4 wash tubs, 6 agate-lined kettles, 2 broilers, 2 boxes soap, 2 soup kettles, 1 water boiler, 6 roast- 

pans, 4 frying pans, 2 sieves, 3 saucepans, 4 kitchen knives, 1 steel, 1 beef squeezer, 2 kitchen 
spoons, 1 egg beater, 1 rolling pin, 1 coffee mill, 1 coffeepot, 1 teapot, 1 dishpan,’3 basins, 

4 gridirons, 2 stewing pans, 2 stove brushes, 4 spice boxes, 1 knife sharpener, 1 wire frying 
basket, 1 grater, 1 lamp, 1 hatchet, 1 wash tub, 4 ladles, 2 dozen corkscrews, 2 dozen agate 
cups. 

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Dktkntion Hospital. — 100 jars beef juice, 3 crates fresh eggs, 1 ease soups, 100 night 
shirts. 1 typhoid fever tub. 

Twenty -FIRST Infantry. — 24 dozen eggs, 650 quarts milk, 10 bushels fresh tomatoes. 

Twenty-Fifth Infantry. — 18 crates eggs, 480 gallons milk. 

First Cavalry.. — 27 crates eggs, 510 gallons milk. 

Third Cavalry. — 1,250 gallons milk, 80 crates eggs, 900 suits underwear, 900 pairs 
socks, 2 waiters and 2 dishwashers. 

Si.xTH Cavalry. — 990 gallons milk, 800 boxes beef extract, 36 boxes cocoa, 3 cases 
assorted jams, 60 dozen eggs, 80 night shirts, 800 sets underwear, 800 socks, 1 case shoes. 
50 pans, 50 sheets, 50 pillow cases. 

Ninth Cavalry. — 60 dozen eggs, 480 gallons milk. 

Fourth Infantry. — 27 crates of eggs, 500 gallons milk, 400 suits pajamas. 

Second Cavalry. — 30 crates eggs, 1,200 gallons milk. 

Tenth Cavalry. — 24 crates eggs, 1,050 gallons milk. 

Tenth Infantry. — 800 gallons milk, 15 crates eggs. 

Third, Seventh, Eighth, Thirteenth, Seventeenth, Twentieth, Twenty-Second, 
Twenty-Third, Twenty-Fourth, Twenty-Fifth, each ; — 3 crates eggs, 6 cases canned 
fruit, 1 barrel ginger ale, 30 bottles beef juice, 100 sets underwear, 1 case soup, 1 case tea. 

THE “MISSOURI.” 

Miscellaneous. — 4 ward kitchens, 12 boxes soap, 100 towels, 24 pajamas, 2 cases jellies, 
2 cases preserves, 24 cans peaches, 24 cans pears, 5,000 eggs, 102 hams, 100 lbs. Battle Creek 
food, 60 lbs. malted milk, evaporated cream, canned vegetables, 12 bunches bananas, 12 
boxes lemons, 12 boxes oranges, 100 chickens, 60 cases chocolate, 12 cases canned fruit, 2 
barrels sweibach, 50 quarts ice cream, 20 lbs. tobacco, 100 pipes. 

THE “ VIGILANTIA.” 

Miscellaneous. — 10 lbs. cocoa, 10 lbs. tea, 10 lbs. chocolate. 100 lbs. coffee, 12 cases evap- 
orated cream, 4 boxes soap, 50 lbs. Battle Creek foods, 3 cases malted milk, 12 dozen bottles 
beef extract, 12 cases canned vegetables, canned fruits, jellies etc., 1 case assorted jams, 1 
case assorted jellies, 12 cases assorted soups, 3,000 eggs, 1 case lime juice, 1 case lemon 
juice, 1 case blackberry juice, 1 case raspberry and grape juice, 6 boxes lemons, 6 boxes 
oranges, 200 towels, 200 handkerchiefs, reading matter. 

BEDLOE’S ISLAND. 

Medical Supplies. — 1 pint Squibbs Mixture, 1 dozen bottles peptonoids, 10 metres plaster, 
2,000 antiseptic tablets, 12 ice bags, 4 Leiter’s coils, 6 air cushions, 1 percolator, 8 hot-water 
bags, 1 package litmus paper, 10 dozen bandages, 2 spools of wire, 3 metres oil silk, 50 metres 
sublimated gauze, 1 gallon whi.skey, 1 gallon brandy, 3 dozen medicine droppers, 2 funnels, 2 
dozen hemaboloids, 1 quart guacoil, 12 ounces ergotole, 6 ounces fr. tr. digitalis, 16 ounces 
hetanaphthol bismuth, 1 gallon cod liver oil, 6 bottles French cinchona, 1 ounce calomel, 
2 ounces mercury, 1,000 tablets protrodide, 500 tablets phenacetine, 3 ounces nitric acid, 4 
ounces Fehling’s solution, 50 metres iodoform, 12 rolls plaster, 2 dozen spit cups, 4 bed pans, 
202 combs, dozen boxes pomade, 30 cuspidores, dozen boxes whiting, 200 cakes soap 
20 kilos soap. 

Miscellaneous. — 25 dozen napkins, 600 stamped envelopes, 50 quires paper, 3 dozen pen- 
holders, 1 box pens, 2 dozen bottles ink, 2 dozen pitchers, 110 dozen eggs, 2,000 oysters, 300 
chickens, 150 suits underw^ear, 50 pairs socks, 8 dozen night-shirts, Yz dozen pairs slippers, 
25 dozen handkerchiefs, 14 trays, 3 screens, 14 oil stoves. 


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(Keporf of 3rt>mgfon (^uriftariP. 

Sewing for the soldiers at Lyndhurst began informally in July, and, on 
August 13th, the Irvington Auxiliary was organized by the election of 
Miss Virginia Tucker, Chairman ; Miss M. Virginia Orton, Treasurer, and 
Miss Helen M. Gould, Secretary. 

It was decided to meet on Saturday mornings, at Lyndhurst, from 10 
until 12:30, to make garments for the soldiers, and to hold a short business 
meeting on the first Saturday of each month. 

About sixty ladies have attended the meetings on Saturdays, as well as 
the oldest division of Miss Gould’s Sewing Class, who voted early in the 
season to sew for the soldiers for a time, instead of learning to make gar- 
ments for themselves; and garments have been distributed to those who 
found it more convenient to work at home. 

A wonderful amount has been accomplished in this neighborhood. Mrs. 
W in. Orton kindly distributed work for us on W'^ednesday afternoon, and 
the people in Irvington have done a great deal of sewing. 

Miss Virginia Orton made a large amount of currant and wine jelly and 
chicken broth. 

On August 18th, Miss Tucker, Miss Orton, and Miss Gould visited the 
General Hospital and the 6th Cavalry at Camp Wdkoff, Montauk Point, with 
members of the W^ N. W\ R. Association. On September 1st, a visit was 
made to the hospitals at Governors and Bedloes Islands and Fort Hamilton, 
the representatives from this Auxiliary being Miss Tucker, Mrs. Orton, the 
Misses Orton, Mrs. Archbold, Mrs. Hopkins, Mrs. Thayer, Miss von 
Briesen, and Miss Gould. Many of the ladies also visited the hospital ship 
“ Relief,” which has been used to convey sick soldiers from the West Indies 
to our northern hospitals, two of them have also visited Camp W^alworth, 
15th street, from which place convalescent soldiers are sent to the country. 
These different visits have been most interesting, and have brought us 
more closely in touch with the work and needs. 

On August 31st, the Tarrytown Branch of our Auxiliary was formally 
organized by the election of the following officers: Cutting Committee: 
Mrs. Archbold, Mrs. Charles Townsend and Miss Greene; Mrs. Hopkins, 
Chairman; Mrs. Thayer, Secretary, and Miss Gertrude Nichols, Treasurer. 

The members of the Branch have met, on Wednesdays, at the home of 
Mis. W'^. S. Richards, to sew, and have distributed at that time garments to 
be made at home. Having their own organization, their work has been kept 
distinct from ours, while they report to us once a month. 

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LYNDHURST- COUNTRY RESIDENCE OF MISS GOULD 









As it was found that many sick soldiers were discharged from the hos- 
pitals before entirely convalescent, the managers of the Tarrytown Hospital 
very kindly offered to take as many as twenty at a time, and a constantly 
changing set of men have been cared for there since September 5th. The 
ladies of Tarrytown Branch have shown a special interest in caring for these 
men, who seem to have greatly appreciated the kindness shown them. 


On September lOth, Miss Gould offered “ Woody Crest ” to the Irving- 
ton Auxiliary to be run as a hospital for the convalescent soldiers. The offer 
was accepted, and the place is now known as the Irvington Auxiliary 
House. A visiting committee was appointed, consisting of the officers of the 
Association, Mrs. Orton and Mrs. Richards. Sixty-four men have been 
cared for, several of whom have been very ill, and all have needed the care, 
as their health had been more or less wrecked. In several instances warmly 
appreciative letters have come to us from the parents and sisters of the men. 
Our thanks are due to Mr. Ingham, Mr. Count and Mr. Maben for conduct- 
ing Sunday afternoon services, and to Mrs. Ingham, Mrs. Worthington, Miss 
Palen, Mrs. Black, Miss Burnham and Mrs. Rowan, for playing the piano, 
and to Miss Stewart, for singing. Miss J agger, the matron, has proved her- 
self most faithful and efficient, and she has been well assisted by Miss Coots, 
two female and one male nurse. We cannot omit to speak of Dr. Coutant’s 
great kindness in being the physician in charge, for his many visits have been 
at personal inconvenience as the place is quite far from the main road. 


Made and Sent Away. — 214 flannel bands, 657 comfort bags, 807 pajamas, 86 night 
shirts; total 1,764. 

Report of Articles Sent from August 1st to November 1st. — 66 crates peaches, 48 
watermelons, 61 boxes oranges, 7 bunches bananas, 11 boxes pears, 5 barrels melons, 9,820 
quarts milk, 1,190 dozen fresh eggs, 97 dozen cans tomatoes, 646 quarts ice cream, 15 dozen 
malted milk, 72 dozen cakes soap, 6 dozen packages tapioca, 8 cases evaporated cream 26 cases 
crackers, 1^ barrels oat flakes, 24 cans oatmeal, 24 dozen cans chicken soup, 4 casks ginger ale, 
10 cases assorted jelly, 10 cases Dundee jelly, 1,200 stamped envelopes, 400 combs, 400 tooth 
brushes, 1 refrigerator, 2 ice chests, 8 gross medical charts, 5,107 yards flannel, 232 shirts, 232 
under drawers, 130 pairs slippers, 100 sets pajamas, 104 pair stocks, 248 sheets, 200 pairs pil- 
low cases, 78 dozen handkerchiefs, 304 yards seersucker, 61 dozen spools cotton, 19 gross but- 
tons, 207 yards muslin, 17 dozen packages pins, 800 towels, 124 blankets, 200 cots, 12 dozen 
malt extract, 1,200 cigars. * 

NAMES OF HOSPITALS, ETC., TO WHICH SUPPLIES HAVE BEEN SENT. 


Governor’s Island 

Fort Hamilton 

Bedloe’s Island 

Fort Wadsworth 

Marine Hospital, Staten Isl. 

Port Victor 


To Mrs. Walworth. Montauk 
To Sixth Cavalry 
Pablo Beach Hospital. Jack- 
sonville, Fla. 

Prohibition Park Sanitarium 
Tarrytown Hospital 


Irvington Auxiliary House 
( Woody Cresi) 

Camp Jewett, Nyack 
Camp Walworth 
Hospital Ship “ Missouri” 

“ “ “Relief” 


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MORNINGS. 

Mrs. Archbold 

Mrs. Jos. Eastman 

The Misses Orton 

“ Anderson 

“ Foote 

Mrs. Patteson 

“ Banker 

Miss G. M. Gottsberger 

“ Pronce 

“ W. L. Bull 

Mrs. E. Gould 

“ W. N. Parsons 

“ F. Bull 

Miss Gould 

Miss Palen 

‘ ‘ Black 

Mrs. Hopkins 

Mrs. Rowan 

“ Barney 

“ Mrs. Hain 

“ Rutter 

“ J. M. Brown 

“ Hall 

Miss Rutter 

Miss Brown 

“ Hope 

Mrs. Ropes 

“ Margeret Baird 

“ Dwight Harris 

“ Richards 

Mrs. J. Cooper 

“ Ingham 

‘ ‘ Schwab 

‘ ‘ Calvert 

“ R. Jaffray 

Miss Schwab 

“ W. R. Cobb 

“ Mills 

Mr.s. Sanders 

“ Cannon 

“ J. H. Macy, Jr. 

Miss Tucker 

IMiss Colgate 

“ Ed. Mairs 

Mrs. Thayer 

Mrs. Count 

“ Geo. Mairs 

Miss Terry 

“ J. L. E. Davis 

Miss Hope Northrop 

Margeret Terry 

Miss Elliott 

Mrs. Niven 

The Misses von Briesen 

Mrs. Eddison 

The Misses Nichols 

Mrs. C. Worthington 

“ Timothy Eastman 

Mrs. Orton 


MEMBERS WHO HAVE TAKEN SEWING 

HOME 

Miss Tucker 

Miss Hatch 

Mrs. Chas. Townsend 

Mrs. Orton 

Mrs. Jno. Cooper 

“ Percy Lewis 

The Misses Orton 

Miss Mason 

‘ ‘ Rose 

Mrs. Jno. A. Ingham 

Mrs. Skeel 

“ Chas. Eddison 

“ Mrs. Rowan 

‘ ‘ Count 

“ Davies 

The Misses von Briesen 

‘ ‘ Calvert 

“ Worthington 

Mrs. W. L. Bull 

‘ ' Ballard 

“ Anderson 

“ G. Bull 

“ Barney 

“ Cobb 

“ Rutter 

“ R. Jaffrey 

” Manning 

Miss Rutter 

“ Homer Foote 

“ Cannon 

Mrs. G. Schwab 

“ Hopkins 

“ J. H. Macy, Jr. 

Miss Schwab 

‘‘ Thayer 

Miss Colgate 

Mrs. Chris. Prince 

The Misses Nichols 

‘ ‘ Ropes 

“ Black 

Mrs. Jos. Eastman 

Miss M. Burnham 

“ J. Banker 

Mrs. Archbold 

Mrs. Edwin Gould 

Miss M. Gottsberger 

Miss Elliott 

Miss Terry 

Mrs. Robert Patteson 

Mrs. J. P. Townsend 

“ Gould 

lARMENTS WERE MADE BY THE 

FOLLOWING RESIDENTS OF IRVINGTON, GIVEN OUT BY MRS. ORTON 

Mrs. Carroll Dunham 

^Irs. Taft 

^liss Tilly Downes 

“ Jno. Barr 

“ Bevins 

“ Christina Cockburn 

“ D. Wood 

‘ ‘ McElroy 

Mrs. Glenville 

“ Gilligan 

“ Galbraith 

Miss Lizzie Glenville 

“ Katherine Hannegan 

“ Judson 

“ IMinnie Briggs 

“ Irving Taylor 

Miss Terry 

“ Alice Berger 

‘ ‘ Eagan 

Mrs. J. G. K. Richards 

“ Lizzie Benz. 

‘ ‘ Doremus 

Miss Miriam Jagger 

“ Annie Yeager 

“ Hunter 

“ Ella Coots 

“ Emma Yeager 


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Mrs. Rennie 
“ C. Adams 
“ Ackerman 
‘ ‘ Graham 
“ Luther 
“ Franklin Eason 
The Misses Wendell 
Mrs. Satterlee 
‘ ‘ F. Barker 
“ Count 
‘ ‘ W. B'uckout 
“ Buefit 
“ Yeager 

GARMENTS WERE MADE 

Mrs. W. W. Booth 
“ Thomas 
“ J no. Lorenz 


Miss Ida Coots 
Mrs. Bing 
The Misses Bing 
Mrs. Berger 
“ Johnson 
“ Smith 
“ Chas. Snow 
Miss Margaret Baird 
“ Dillon Brown 
“ J. M. Brown 
“ Broderick 
iSIiss Katie Broderick 
Mrs. Downes 

r THE FOLLOWING RESIDENTS OF 
.MRS. CHARLES WORTHINGTON: 

Mrs. J. C. L. Hamilton 
“ Jno. Montgomery 
“ Josiah Rockefeller 


Miss Mary Conners 
“ Lizzie Bird 

“ Julia ]\Iilay 

“ Day 

‘ ‘ Annie Tid 3 ?back 
“ Louise Dunseith 
“ Mary Clark 

“ Sarah Clark 

Mrs. Eugene Calhoun 
]Mrs. Dongan 

‘ ‘ Connell^’- 

Tarrytown Hospital 

ELMSFORD, GIVEN OUT BY 

^liss Mary Downey 
“ Priscilla Zeliph 
Mrs. Florence Johnson 


DONATIONS. 


Mrs. Jno. Cooper, 12 comfort bags. 

Mrs. H. B. Ely, 1 piece outing flannel. 

Mrs. Granbery, 2 pieces seersucker. 

Mrs. Schwab, 50 comfort bags, ice cream 
to Marine Hospital, 1 barrel chickens (made 
into jelly by Miss Orton). 

Miss M. V. Orton, 60 glasses currant jelly, 
gallons wine jelly (to Montauk), 2 gal- 
lons wine jelly. 

Miss M. W. Jagger, 17 glasses currant 
jelly, 5 quarts blackberry jelly, 2 glasses 
crab-apple jelly. 

Miss Gould, 5 clinic thermometers, 30 ice 
bags, 6 hot water bags (to Fortress Monroe). 

Mrs. Black, 200 comfort bags (to hospital 
ship “Relief”). 

Mrs. Ingham, Mrs. Sage, with Miss 
Gould, a sewing machine to the hospital 
ship “Relief." 

Miss von Briesen, 22 pamphlets (to Mon- 
tauk), 2 baskets tomatoes, 1 box books (to 
Bedloe’s Island), 2 blue shirts, 1 set under- 
wear, 1 pair shoes. 

Mrs. Jos. Eastman, 1 basket grapes to 
Fort Hamilton. 

Mrs. A. L. Barber, 1 large box pears (to 
Montauk), 24 cotton socks, G sets cotton un- 
derwear, 12 combs, 4 hair brushes, 36 pieces 
soap, 24 wash rags, 3 boxes writing paper, 
36 handkerchiefs, 9 night shirts, 6 colored 


shirts 4 caps, 12 bath towels, 18 small 
towels (1 box to Montauk). 

Mrs. Ankeln, 3 packages farina, 12 glasses 
currant jelly, 2 jars extract beef (to Fort 
Wadsworth). 

Mrs. Orton, 2 quarts wine jelly. 

Mr. Orton, 20 lbs. chicken. 

Mr. Franklin Edson, Jr., 9,000 3-gr. quin- 
ine pills. 

Eagle Pencil Co. , 400 blue pencils. 

Edward C. Cockey, 400 lead pencils. 

James Kempster Printing Co., 400 pads of 
paper. 

Clj’de Steamship Line, freight on cots, 
etc., to Florida. 

Local Relief Society, Tarrytown, 6 sets 
pajamas. 

Miss Virginia Tucker, games for Irvington 
Auxiliary house. 

Gift from a Friend, 60 oranges, 24 bottles 
ginger ale, 12 cans bouillon, 14 lbs. chicken. 

Mrs. Holbrook, crab-apple jelly. 

Mrs. John C. Emory’, 25 books, 32 maga- 
zines. 

Tarrytown Branch, 6 quarts ice cream. 

Mrs. Wm. Taylor, 1 case sherry wine 
(through Miss V. Orton). 

Mr. Frank Jay Gould, use of horse at 
Irvington Auxiliary’ House, use of phono- 
graph. 


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treasurer’ 6 (Report 

OF IRVINGTON, N. Y.. AUXILIARY. 
From August 1st to November 1st. 


RECEIPTS. 


Mrs. Jno. D. Archbold 

Mrs. A. E. Armstrong 

“Anonymous” — cash 

Mrs. James H. Banker 

Mrs. W. A. Burnham 

Mrs. W. L. Bull 

Mrs. John H. Barr 

Mrs. M. E. Benson 

Mrs. Carroll Dunham 

Mrs. T. S. Eastman ‘ 

Mr. Jos. Eastman 

Mrs. Charles Eddison 

Mr. Patrick Costello 

Miss Helen M. Gould 

Mrs. Geo. J. Gould 

Mrs. Harry Graef 

Mrs. Robert E. Hopkins (through Tarrytown Auxiliary) . . . 

Miss Mary Holden 

:Mrs. Frank K. Hain 

“ Ingehorg” 

Sir Thomas Lipton Fund 

“Lest We Forget” Circle, King’s Daughters 

Mrs. E. H. Mairs 

Mrs. Jno. P. Munn 

Mrs. Agnes Manning 

Miss E. F. Mott 

Mrs. Noyes 

Mrs. J. O. Rutter 

Mrs. J. G. K. Richards 

Mrs. Treat 

Mrs. John T. Terry 

Mrs. Denniston Wood 

Mrs. C. C. Worthington 

Dues to National Association, Mrs. Robert Patteson, Mrs. 
Stephen Thayer, Mrs. Wm. Orton, Miss Virginia Orton, 
Mrs. R. E. Hopkins, Mrs. Nixen, Mrs. Davis, Mrs. Arm- 
strong, Miss Virginia Tucker 

Miss Margaret Terry 

Total Receipts 

Total Disbursements 

Balance 


SlOO 00 
10 00 
1 00 
25 00 
25 00 
25 00 
5 00 
5 00 
50 00 
100 00 
100 00 
50 00 
1 00 
2,930 00 
100 00 
10 00 
100 00 
2 00 
25 00 
220 00 
1,000 00 
30 00 
20 00 
25 00 
1 00 
10 00 
50 00 
5 00 
5 00 
10 00 
25 00 
3 00 
5 00 


18 75 
1 00 

$5,092 75 
5,057 61 
$35 14 


Respectfully submitted, 

(Signed) Miss Viriunia Orton, Treasurer. 

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DISBURSEMENTS. 


From August 1st to November 1st. 

Acker, Merrall & Condit, grocers $^47 66 

Lizzie Bing 40 63 

Katie Bing 6 12 

Jno. W. Butler, eggs — 1,190 dozen 273 00 

M. O’Brien & Son, fruit . 642 43 

Jas. W. Brewster, building diet kitchen 24 50 

Alice P. Dongan, sewing 25 00 

Katie Broderick 34 13 

American Express Company . 3 59 

Howell & Demorest, milk, 9,320 quarts 574 40 

Jas. Kempster, 1,200 (2c.) stamped envelopes 26 16 

Jas. A. Hethering. water bags, ice bags, etc 43 01 

Eimer & Amend, medical charts 172 80 

Patterson Bros., 200 cots, 2 ice chests, refrigerators 456 10 

Chas. Sargeant, carting • 1 50 

Samuel Scott & Co 15 51 

Walker Richardson, 100 blankets 352 65 

Woman’s Exchange, sewing 134 28 

Styles & Cash, printing 6 63 

Stamps and sundries 4 95 

Stewart & Co., 1 I'ubber stamp 47 

Samuel Lewis, 400 tooth brushes, 400 combs 46 52 

M. C. Spencer, drygoods 1,101 77 

Victoria Raymond, Treasurer, for dues 18 75 

Mt. Pleasant News, printing 3 00 

J. M. Horton Co., ice cream 202 05 


Total $5,057 61 



WOODY CREST— IRVINGTON AUXILIARY HOUSE. 


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^arrpfotwn ^oeptfaf (J0ranc3. 

The first meeting of the Tarrytown Branch of the Irvington Auxiliary of 
the Woman’s National War Relief Association was held at the home of Mrs. 
Thayer, in North Tarrytown, on August 81st. 

Since then the meetings have been held on Wednesdays at the home of 
Mrs. Dr. Richards. 

Besides the work of sewing, and of sending boxes to the Harbor Hos- 
pitals, we have greatly assisted the Tarrytown Hospital in the care of conva- 
lescent soldiers, 58 of whom have been received at the hospital, the first ones 
coming September Gth. horty-four have been sent away, greatly benefited 
by their stay in Tarrytown, and 9 remained under treatment. 

The branch has given pajamas, underwear, socks and handkerchiefs, as 
well as stationery, fruit, ice cream, and money for car fare, to the soldiers at 
the hospital, and to the hospital management a gift of $100 and $25 per 
week to assist in paying the extra expense incurred in opening their wards to 
the soldiers. 

From August 31st to November 2nd. 

The Tarrytown Branch of the Irvington Auxiliary has received from subscriptions 


in money 9^ 

Ready made pajamas 20 sets 

Underwear 


The Society has made 102 pajamas and 25 nightingales. 

Expenditures amount to gg39 53 

The following articles have been given to the soldiers at the Tarrytown Hospital, viz. : 
Pajamas, 4 sets; slippers, 16 pairs; socks, 60 pairs; handkerchiefs, 58; underwear, 43 sets; 
outing shirt, 1 ; leather belts, 4; suspenders, 3 pairs; postage stamps (2-cent), 260; envelopes, 
750 (3 ten-pack boxes) ; writing tablets, 6; ice cream, 58 quarts; oranges, 24 dozen; eggs, 24 
dozen; expenses of soldiers to New York, $14.30; money to hospital, $300. 

To a Tarrytown soldier, one set of pajamas. 

To the Irvington Auxiliary, W. N. W. R. A., $100. 

To the Irvington Auxiliary house for soldiers, 36 quarts ice cream. 

To Major Kimball, Governor’s Island, 50 sets of pajamas. 

To Hospital Ship “ Missouri.” four sets of pajamas. 

To headquarters of Association, Hotel Windsor, 40 sets pajamas and 12 sets underwear. 

To Fort Wadsworth, 25 nightingales. 

To Montauk Point, one box, containing 24 jars extract beef, 100 lbs. oatmeal, 24 cans 
chicken soup, 10 lbs. tea, 10 lbs. coffee, 12 boxes cocoa, 50 lbs. sugar, 50 cans condensed milk, 
12 boxes crackers, 1 crate lemons. 


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CONVALESCENT SOLDIERS, AT TARRYTOWN. 






(This report is inserted, as relating to the work of the month of July.) 

(Re^?orf of m ^ospiiafB af (Iporf of (Uei» ^orS. 

On the morning of Saturday, July 16th, from the newspaper I learned 
that the Transport “ Olivette ” was on its way to New York with a large number 
of sick and wounded men, one hundred of whom were to be placed at the 
Marine Hospital, Stapleton, Staten Island, and the others distributed between 
two hospitals in Brooklyn — St. Peter’s and The Long Island College Hospital. 
I telephoned to the Quarantine Station and found the report to be true, and 
then telegraphed to Mrs. Walworth, calling her attention to the situation, 
asking if I should undertake the duty, and requesting instructions. Her 
reply was received in a few hours ; it instructed me to undertake the work, 
and contained suggestions for my guidance, the value of which was very 
quickly shown. Immediately upon receipt of these instructions I visited the 
Marine Hospital to gauge its possibilities and state of preparation. Every- 
thing was most satisfactory. My mission was courteously received by the 
surgeon commanding — Dr. George M. Stoner. The building is old-fashioned, 
but well situated with attractive grounds. Cots were plenty, extra bedding 
and night shirts had been obtained, and all was in a state of waiting readiness. 
That night, at ten o’clock, I was on the dock and saw landed the first of the 
successive bands of worn and weary, sick and suffering men who have since 
come to New York Harbor. 



Their ragged and almost garmentless condition spoke their needs; their 
physical condition was pitiful indeed. The next day I visited the hospital, 
made a list of necessary articles, and learned that a subscription was on foot 
at the Hotel Castleton with which I might combine with advantage. Later 
in the day the matter was arranged and I sent to the Chairman of Supplies 
the following order : For Marine Hospital, Stapleton, Staten Island — 100 
sets underwear, 50 pairs socks, handkerchiefs. Having arranged that the 
hotel guests should send 100 outing flannel shirts, 50 pairs socks, 50 pairs 
low shoes. 

Also, by enquiring of our local Woman’s Club, I obtained immediately 80 
pajamas, with a promise of 70 more in a few days. Later I ordered 50 suits 
of plain clothes which were distributed to men able to go home on furlough, 
but unable as yet to get uniforms. All of these garments were gratefully 
received, and the men are making excellent progress under good management 
and sympathetic care. 

July 18th, I visited St. Peter’s Hospital in Brooklyn where were 54 men 
in destitute .condition. To them I sent 54 pajamas, 54 pairs socks, 54 sets 
underwear. The men spoke of being well cared for and well fed. One said, 
“ The Sisters seem like angels to us.” 

The same day I visited the Long Island College Hospital. Here drawers 
and slippers had already been furnished, but, to make the men entirely com- 
fortable, I ordered for them 50 pajamas, 50 outing flannel shirts. 

The men in these two hospitals were in good hands, with all the resources 
of prosperous private hospitals at their service, and I have not felt it neces- 
sary to visit them since or send them further supplies. 

July 19th, I was on Governor’s Island. Here I had difficulty in obtain- 
ing from the officials any idea of the needs of the 60 men in the hospital, 
but I was permitted to enter the building upon showing a copy of General 
Sternberg’s letter and introducing myself as Mrs. Walworth’s representative, 
and my own eyes showed me that the condition of the men was in no way 
different from others elsewhere. For them I, therefore, ordered 60 each 
underwear, socks, stationery, tobacco; and sent for non-commissioned 
officers, 6 shirts — a donation from Mr. C. H. Raymond. 

My next visit was paid to Quarantine. Having been advised of the 
arrival of the “Seneca,” with suspected fever cases on board. Dr. Doty, Health 
Officer at the port of New York, immediately asked for clothing for two 
dozen men whom it was necessary to detain in Quarantine, and who were 
clad in filthy and ragged garments which it was thought necessary to destroy. 


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For them I ordered two dozen each, night shirts, underwear, socks, tobacco, 
stationery. Later slippers were asked for and sent, and a few days later twenty- 
four more men were provided with nightshirts, underwear and socks, and, by 
special request, with a few packs of cards, a private donation, and fruit, 0 
dozen each lemons and oranges, and two baskets of peaches. These for the 
whole 48 men. This work was most necessary, the Quarantine station not 
being equipped to care for persons without personal baggage or resources, 
and the men being in a pitiable condition from sickness, wounds and ex- 
posure. To complete the report of what was done through Quarantine, on 
the evening of the 31st I had from there by telephone an urgent call for 
supplies for 175 men, being a portion of those arrived that day on three 
ships, the “ Leona,” “ Concho ” and “ Rio Grande,” all in urgent need. Over 
two hundred landed in all ; the aid being asked for the volunteers and 
enlisted men, all others being otherwise cared for. Meanwhile I had had 
the great pleasure of visiting the ship “ Relief,” immediately upon her release 
from Quarantine detention, being the first visitor permitted on board. It 
was an opportunity to see the ship in action, beds filled, nurses in attend- 
ance, and an excellent dinner served of rare beef, potatoes, coffee with 
milk, bread and jam, — all in generous quantities. It was a fair test of 
the work of the ship, and left no doubt of its efficiency and success. Major 
Torney praised the carbonator, green shades and ventilating fans, also 
speaking well of the colored awning under which several nurses were 
enjoying an hour of rest. He expressed himself as desiring fresh 
stores, and stated that he had not yet received orders, but that his stay 
would be as short as possible; that we had better not count on more than 
three days — the time necessary to land patients and coal ; he named seven 
articles as especially useful and desirable. To save time I wrote to the 
Chairman of Supplies, naming these articles, but instructing her to make 
no purchases until she should hear from the Oriental hotel, where an informal 
meeting of a quorum of Directors would determine quantities, etc., I being 
unwilling to take the responsibility of an order I knew should be large. 

At this meeting it was decided to send to the “Relief”: 10 dozen 
jellies assorted, 10 dozen jams, assorted, 200 jars evaporated cream, 200 
cans soups, assorted, 100 pound-boxes crackers, assorted, 200 sets underwear, 
300 pairs socks, 300 pajamas. 

On August 1st, fruit was sent to the Smith Infirmary, on Staten Island, 
37 soldiers having been there received. This, and the fruit previously men- 
tioned, being purchased with a check of $10, sent me with the request that 

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It be spent by me for some special purpose of that nature. This money also 
covered a pair of shoes given to an enlisted man, furloughed, to enable him 
to go home for a rest, which may need to be protracted to “for life,” he being 
the double victim of a wound and a railroad accident, and not much more 
than a boy. A particularly sad case. 

Six suits of fine underwear were sent to the infirmary— a donation from 
Mr. Raymond. Later was ordered for these same men, 2 dozen each un- 
derwear, socks, slippers, to be distributed where most needed. 

On August 4th, for Fort Wadsworth, Staten Island, for 84 men, desti- 
tute of everything, sick, worn, weary, and without pay for six (6) months, for 
whom much was asked that they might not be obliged to pay out a large 
share of their hard-earned wages for entire outfits, an order was given for 
towels, soap, tooth brushes, underwear, socks, handkerchiefs, slippers, shirts, 
pipes, tobacco. Delicacies were also asked for, these men being in conval- 
escence. hruit was immediately sent — a private donation — as were also read- 
ing matter, cards, and one pair of trousers, specially needed. And a lady, 
who had expressed her ability and willingness to secure delicacies, if I could 
point out a special field for such work on the island, was notified of these 
men and at once undertook to see what could be done. 

One visit, omitted in its proper turn, was paid to Fort Hamilton, where 
were found 35 men well cared for, their needs having been provided for by 

another organization. Beef extract was needed and 3 dozen jars were ordered 
sent. 

On Friday I had the pleasure of taking Miss Gould to visit the Island 
hospitals, and will call to the attention of the Board the fact that to date 
Staten Island has cared for more sick and wounded men than New York, 
Brooklyn, Governor’s Island and Fort Hamilton combined. 

Also, I would state that numerous private donations have been received 
and placed, such as 5 pajamas for men at infirmary, 10 pajamas for men on 
Hoffman Island, literature, stationery, games, clothing, etc. And a letter re- 
ceived from Mr. A. R. Elliott states that by a subscription raised in the Com- 
mercial Club, New York, he has sent to the Marine Hospital 50 pairs of 
trousers for the men not provided with suits of clothes by the Association, and 
has ordered fruit delivered there twice a week for several weeks. 

All of which 'is respectfully submitted, 

Anne Rhodes. 

August 7, 1898. 


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Courtesy of Mrs. M.H. Willard. MONTAUK— ROAD LEADING TO HOSPITALS AND CAMPS. 




(Report of f0c ni>orft at (JUonfau6, 6p f^e ‘©ifector (Beneraf. 

On August 9th, a meeting of the Board of Directors was held at the 
Windsor Hotel, New York. I had come from Fortress Monroe to attend 
this meeting and make a report on the work done, and to be continued in the 
hospital there, and also to recommend that I should be authorized to visit 
Chickamauga, Jacksonville and Fernandina, as we had requests for assistance 
at those places, and personal attention might, perhaps, be as beneficial as it 
had been at Fortress Monroe. This authority for a visit to more Southern 
hospitals was given. During the meeting a resolution had been passed that 
a diet kitchen should be established at Montauk, which had just been desig- 
nated as a convalescent camp for the sick soldiers from Cuba, and it was stated 
that Miss Gould and some members of the Association would go there later 
in the week to make necessary arrangements. It was supposed then that 
comfortable arrangements had been made by the Government for the recep- 
tion of the troops, and that the Red Cross and other aid societies were already 
on the ground. I called the attention, however, of the Directors to certain 
statements made in the morning papers in regard to a lack of preparation, 
and said to them, as we were about to adjourn : “I am concerned about con- 
ditions at Montauk, and shall run down there this afternoon to see what the 
immediate needs are.” 

I went on the afternoon train and arrived there after dark in a heavy 
rain storm. There were but two public houses on the Point, and, as the 
“ Third House” was known to be filled with officers, I took a wagon for the 
“ Second House.” This, too, was overcrowded, and the landlady at first 
refused to take me in. I finally prevailed upon her to let me sleep on the sofa 
in her parlor. In the morning the rain storm was unabated, but at half-past 
eight I started for the hospital in a little wagon, I was fortunate enough to 
hire, with a good-natured boy to drive. After some rambling over the hills 
we found the spot which had been selected for the proposed General Hos- 
pital; there were four tents, in one of which a range had just been set up for 
a kitchen, and the few men of the hospital corps were hovering around that 
place. I called one of them out and said; “ Have you any sick men here? ” 
“ Yes,” he answered, “ about forty.” “Are you getting their breakfast? ” I 
said. “ They can’t take anything but milk,” he answered, “and we haven’t 
any of that.” “When will you have some?” “Well, I don’t know; I 
think the doctor has gone down to the station and maybe he’ll bring some 
up.” I then went with this man to the tents where the sick lay, closely 


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huddled together on the wet ground, with only tarpaulins under them These 
men had fever, and were exhausted with their long journey from Tampa 
Ihey had received no nourishment through the night; there was nothing for 
them now. As I turned aside with a pang of anguish that such conditions 
could exist, I was met by the surgeon in charge. My inquiries of him elicited 
no more hopeful prospect than those of the nur.se. The doctor had just re- 
turned from the station; the milk for which he had left an order had not ar- 
rived ; he did not believe there was any to be had on Montauk Point. A milk- 
man had promised to come from Amagansett ; perhaps he would come later. 

I had noticed two carpenters at work putting up framework for tents, but 
the ram came down more heavily, a-d as we talked they packed up their 
tools and walked off. I was at that moment urging upon the doctor the 
necessity for placing floors beneath the sick men. “There,” he said 
pointing to the departing men, “ is the only chance we had for that, and the 
men refuse to work longer.” 

I left the ho.spital to make a search for milk, and in a couple of hours 
by fast driving, had secured ten quarts for immediate use, and had telegraphed 
toi\ewYork to have thirty gallons sent the next morning, and the same 
amount to be sent every morning. Other orders for food suitable for the sick 
were telegraphed, and on the following day an effort was made to assist in secur- 
ing carpenters. The number wanted, thirty men, could have been had, but the 
officer in charge was unwilling that higher wages should be offered by the aid 
society than was given by the Government. As the .strike had been for 
higher wages, of course, our efforts were ineffectual. The Government finally 
yielded, however, and an advance in wages was made, and the number of 
carpenters secured. At a later period our Association found the way to give 
e ectual aid in making the tent floors was to furnish both lumber and car- 
penters, which was done during September. 

During the 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th and' 14th of August hospital supplies 
of our Association were arriving by every train, and during this time no other 
aid society was receiving supplies. Therefore, during these first days of urgent 
need, we were most fortunate in being prepared to give immediate aid. On 
the 13th Miss Gould visited Montauk, and we drove to several regi- 
mental camps, as well as to the hospitals, which in a few days were extended 
and multiplied to receive hundreds of invalids. During these early days, too 
our officers, Mrs. Roebling, Mrs. S. V. White and Mrs. Eugene McLean 
visited the hospitals and the camps. Their visits were not perfunctory, but 
were made for close observation and inquiry into the conditions existing 


Courtesy of Long Island Raitroad. 





and for the purposes of conferring with surgeons and officers as to the best way 
in which assistance could be given. Their enthusiastic interest and influence 
strengthened the work and enabled me, as the representative of the Associa- 
tion, to supply and distribute many thousands of dollars worth of food, cloth- 
ing and medicine directly and personally where there was most need for it. 
The greatest difficulty was in getting possession of the boxes, bales and bar- 
rels at the express and freight offices, and to have them transported to the 
hospitals and camps. After the first week it is well known that the Red 
Cross and other societies sent large quantities of supplies. The delay and 
confusion was indescribable. One had to struggle and contend for every box 
and barrel, standing meanwhile for many hours in the broiling sun, coaxing men 
or soldiers to assist in dragging out from the huge piles of merchandise the milk 
cans, boxes of eggs and barrels of fresh fruit, which would spoil if not rescued. 
Then the problem arose of securing wagons to cart them over the execrable 
roads and long distances to the various camps and hospitals. To meet this 
want the Association generously sent first a pair of horses and a wagon and 
later a light carriage and another pair-of horses. This greatly facilitated the 
distribution of supplies and enabled us to have the milk and the matzoon so 
essential to the fever patients sent around as soon as they arrived in the 
morning, or rather, the noon train. As things became better organized the 
Long Island express made great efforts to have the milk, which we sent in 
largely increased quantities, promptly delivered to the hospitals. Yet the 
problem of sour milk at night was some weeks in being solved. We tried 
increasing the number of refrigerators, both large ones for kitchens and 
smaller ones for the separate wards, but still the cry was for sweet milk in 
the early morning hours. The matzoon solved part of this problem, which 
was finally settled after the arrival of Secretary Alger. I asked him to grant 
me two favors, the first was the establishment of a table for convalescents, 
which had been promised me for some time, and which was delayed, and the 
second was the privilege of building a dairy where only milk would be kept 
and regular attendants in charge of it. He gave the order for both immedi- 
ately and on the spot. Colonel Forwood heartily co-operated in these plans, and 
very soon the dairy was in working order, so that milk at the General Hospital 
was not only abundant, but sweet, and kept in a cleanly and careful manner. 

Much of the confusion, some suffering, and a large part of the un- 
healthy condition at the hospitals at Montauk were due to the ineffectual 
arrangements for cooking and eating. It was in striking contrast with the 
field hospital at Fortress Monroe in this respect. There, at the old fort. 


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chaos reigned for nearly a week after the first arrival of sick and wounded, 
just as It did at Montauk — the cooking was out of doors — not a shelf or a 
table for dish-washing, and it seemed as if tumult must continue to prevail. 
But a master hand, so far as such arrangements were concerned, was at the 
helm, an experienced officer. Major DeWitt, who had been in the pavilion 
lospitals of the “ late war;” consequently we saw rise up before our eyes, as 
by magic, a wooden shell of a building upon which carpenters worked unceas- 
ingly day and night and Sundays— completing it with doors, windows and 
steps, and plank walks that made it presentable, well ventilated, and good to 
t e eye externally. Internally it was a marvel of convenience and comfort for 
a dining room— a large, light hall, with tables and chairs for three hundred 
convalescents. No wonder the men crept out on crutches, and with the help 
of a nurse, to reach this cheerful spot. A good partition, with swinging 
doors, divided off the pantries, ice-rooms and dish-washing. Behind these 
was the ample, light, clean kitchen. And all this for the soldiers— the 
hospital corps men were provided for elsewhere, and in another place the 
officers had their own mess. Week after week this dining hall was always 
the same clean, wholesome, cheery place. It was here that our Association 
added one hundred dollars a week to the regular food supply, that 
ciickens, eggs, etc., might add variety and nourishment to the table. 

Quite another kitchen was appropriated to the French chef and his 
assistants, whom we sent to Fortress Monroe to cook for the very sick 
whose meals were sent to their bedside. Order and cleanliness prevailed at 
Fortress Monroe after the first days of dismay, when it seemed that every- 
thing was needed and nothing was there. It is a difficult place to receive 
supplies hurriedly, but the perplexities were soon conquered. At Montauk 
they were never conquered ; they were simply submerged by a superabund- 
ance of supplies, but order and cleanliness only staggered into a partial exist- 
ence through the herculean efforts of the United States Volunteer Engineers 
The eating department became subdivided by degrees from the unparalleled 
mixture of officers, hospital corps men, women nurses, teamsters, convales- 
cent soldiers, visitors and servants, that fora longtime ate higgledy-piggledy 
in the kitchen and on the outskirts of the kitchen of the general hospital at 
Montauk. I believe there has never been such scenes in any civilized land 
as were witnessed day by day in that small kitchen at Montauk. When the 
officers deserted it for a tent at the extreme limits of the hospital tents they 
could get neither food, clean dishes nor light. It was at this point that I 
called upon our Association to send two chefs and assistants and also waiters 


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to tr>’ and assist in rescuing the hard-worked surgeons from this deplorable 
condition at meal time. This effort stimulated a few officers to take the 
matter in hand, and an officers’ mess was soon arranged. 

At this time the diet kitchen conducted by Mrs. M. H. Willard was 
started, and when I saw how efficient she was in this direction I decided that 
our efforts should be directed to the establishment of the much-needed 
convalescent table, rather than another diet kitchen. Following this a kit- 
chen and dining room for women nurses was prepared and supervised by Miss 
Quintard, and I then implored permission, as I had from the very first days, 
to be allowed to have a separate table for convalescents, and finally, through 
Secretary Alger’s order, given during the visit of President McKinley, we 
established it with a separate kitchen. 

During the first days at Montauk we had asked permission to bring 
women nurses, offering to provide for them outside of the hospitals, as we 
had done at Fortress Monroe, but Colonel Forw'ood refused to receive them ; 
afterwards the Government sent a large number. While the matter was 
pending, we sent to the general hospital two trained men nurses, graduates of 
the Mills School, New York, their salaries being paid by Mrs. Washington 
A. Roebling during the whole season. The surgeon commended strongly 
the skill and usefulness of these men, whose technical service was of impor- 
tance in caring for the dead. 

Any account of the work done at Montauk seems inadequate to cover 
the peculiar conditions there, and the unusual methods in demand. The 
mere process of living, that is, obtaining shelter, food and means of moving 
about, required the exercise of ingenuity and endurance. The inconvenience 
could not be made the subject of amusement, as one might do in an ordinary 
outing. The severe suffering of the sick and the constant presence of death 
gave a sombre aspect to every effort ; the scarcity of water precluded cleanli- 
ness, and the vast number of persons crowded in the hospitals induced the 
peculiar loneliness that belongs only to great throngs of people as one finds 
in a strange city. This phase of hospital life was apparent in the attitude of 
the sick men, and in the quick gratitude they displayed for any small atten- 
tion. They showed a patient hopelessness that was only broken by the 
eager expression of a desire to reach home. For this reason the blame of 
moving the convalescents when they were unfit to travel has been unjustly 
thrown upon the sick men themselves, or on their relatives who plead for an 
indulgence of their desire to reach home. A sombreness of manner was 
apparent also among the physicians, and no element of cheerfulness or hope 


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brightened the anxious days and nights at Montauk. The practical relief 
work had an element of picturesqueness in happy contrast with the gloomy 
mental conditions. The heavy swing of the ocean, and the broad stretch of 
the embosomed lakes around and amid the billowy breadths of land that 
arose now and then into veritable hills, displayed a natural scenery in har- 
mony with the sad condition of these stricken human beings. The silhouettes 
against the sky on the hills of cavalrymen in that clear atmosphere seemed 
like chiseled works of art in motion, as the soldiers galloped against the wind 
singly, or in long lines of strict discipline. The heavy tramp of the mules in 
the great army wagons was a fitting accompaniment to the dashing officers in 
uniform each with an attendant orderly, as they scurried in and out of the 
encumbered and uneven roadways; an occasional private conveyance or 
three-seated wagon was a rare sight. The sandy roads threw up huge clouds 
of dust over these motley wayfarers, and the business of the Women’s War 
Relief struggled on amid the heap of confusion and general discomfort of the 
place and time. Long rides and walks to obtain .scant information concerning 
some dying soldier were not more disheartening than hours of weary waiting 
for delayed railroad trains with supplies, or for the necessary official permis- 
sion to perform some commonplace act of kindness or assistance. It was 
necessary to visit personally different regiments and companies to inquire 
into their needs and to discover how assistance would be acceptable, and 
through whom it should be administered. It was well to see the Colonel, the 
surgeon and the chaplain of each regiment, and then to overcome the diffi- 
culties of transporting the supplies from the station to the regiment. If it 
was a Division Hospital there was first the search to find just where it was 
located, and most of the hills and valleys being exactly alike and no land- 
marks, this was no easy matter; then the nurses and surgeons should be in- 
terviewed as preliminary to giving assistance, though in some cases help was 
asked in establishing these Division Hospitals, which were developed but a 
short time before the camp at W’ikoff was abandoned. The distribution of 
supplies in the General Hospital, where the supply tents of the Women’s 
National War Relief Association were located, was, one would think, a much 
easier matter, yet there were perplexities. If you could have witnessed the 
scene in and around those supply tents during the morning hours, you would 
have realized the value of the aid you offered, and also the constant struggle 
necessary to carry on the work with system and despatch. Imagine two 
connecting large double tents piled high with boxes, barrels, bottles and 
packages, from which two assistants were e.xtracting various articles called 

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for by a group of nurses and orderlies, who thronged the tent and its en- 
trance, each pleading for a prompt attention to his or her needs for, perhaps. 
Ward E, Ward G, etc., of the General Hospital, or Ward 2, 5, 6 or 7 
of the Annex, or three or more wards of the Branch Hospital, your 
Director-General in the midst of this crowd dictating to the typewriter, 
who kept a record of this distribution, or, was receiving supplies just 
arrived by express on your own wagon, or by courtesy of an officer on an 
army wagon, with its four mules, its outrider and characteristic army team- 
ster. Perhaps fresh fruit has arrived, and must be hurried off to the Deten- 
tion Hospital, where there is most need of it; or a case of medical 
supplies has just come and must be distributed to a special ward which has 
no orderly or nurse present. Perhaps while this is pending another wagon 
arrives with the ice cream, and another messenger must be hurried to the 
head nurse, asking her to send orderlies for the cream before the sun strikes 
the spot where the teamster has dropped the heavy cans so difficult to have 
moved a second time. Before these matters are despatched a telegram 
comes, demanding an immediate answer. This calls the Director-General to 
the tent, which is a general office, to learn whether the telegram was tele- 
phoned from the railroad station or came by way of the signal station, and 
how the reply may be sent ; on the way to this office tent possibly an ord 
erly stops the Director to say that a patient in whose welfare she is especially 
interested has grown worse, and she might see him, or perhaps his mother, 
who is in much distress. 

Thus was the absorbing work of your Association carried forward for days 
and weeks amid the unwholesome surroundings of the field hospital. 

The notes following indicate a part of the work carried on at Montauk. 
Of course, those sent to the Detention Hospital and the Division Hospitals 
and the camps were necessarily distributed with more difficulty. I had to 
spend much time at the station to insure a quick distribution of this material 
to the many points at long distances from this terminus of the one means of 
transportation. The difficulty of getting them there finally led to the hiring 
of a large barge, which was sent around by sea, and aided greatly in bring- 
ing the larger and heavier materials for convenient use. 

Tuesday, Auc. 9th. — Arrived at Montauk in behalf of the Women’s National War Relief 
Association, to see in what way our assistance might be best applied. 

Finding there was scarcity of milk, rode to the few farmhouses in the neighborhood, and 
supplied immediate needs, and also telegraphed to Amagansett and New York for regular 
supplies to be sent daily. 


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During that week telegraphed every day for such supplies of food and clothing, cots and 
hospital conveniences, as were required. Continued in the distribution of supplies by per- 
sonal application, and the assistance of such army wagons as were permitted to carry them. 
Brought horses and spring wagon and carriage, all of which were devoted exclusively to 
the uses of the hospitals and regimental camps. 

The supply of table waters has been at the rate of about four cases a day, continuously. 

Ten dozen eggs and forty gallons of milk have been continuously sent to the General 
and Detention Hospitals each day. For several weeks fresh fruit, melons, peaches, grapes, 
etc. , were sent daily, and distributed in the hospitals, about a dozen crates a day. Lemons 
and oranges have also been sent in large quantities at intervals. 

Twelve half-barrels of extra fine sugar were distributed in the early j^art of the season. 

About one hundred cases of jellies, preserves, and fruit juice have been distributed, many 
of them home-made, and of extra fine quality. As many cases of fine soups, particularly 
suitable for the sick, and cocoa, cereals, invalid foods, beef extracts, etc., in large quantities. 

One hundred dozen squab have been distributed, also fresh lamb and chickens. 

Fifty gallons of ice cream have been sent three times a week for a month or more to the 
hospital. 

One hundred and fifty bed pans, fifty water bags, fifty ice bags, fifty rubber bed rings, 
thirty clinic thermometers (or more), four hypodermic syringes, about a dozen or more fountain 
syringes, medical scales, and other hospital appliances. 

Fifty hair mattresses, and as many white blankets, one hundred sheets, pillow cases and 
toilet crockery, the gift of Mr. Nathan, of New York, to this Association, distributed in this 
hospital, three thousand sheets, one thousand pillow cases, one thousand towels, large 
size, five hundred small size, three thousand blankets, one hundred and twenty-five cots. 

Two thousand pajamas, two cases of shoes, and two cases of hats, one case blue flannel 
shirts, about three cases of slippers, two cases of socks, about two thousand suits of under- 
clothing, three thousand handkerchiefs. 

Two cases of tobacco, together with pipes, three cases lanterns, candles, candlesticks, 
lemon squeezers, brooms, matches, tacks, corkscrews, kettles, pans, and cooking utensils 
of various kinds for four kitchens. Crockery, knives, forks, spoons, etc. , for convalescent 
table of one hundred and fifty persons. 

Soap, sapolio, etc., a dozen boxes. Drinking cups, and extra knives and forks. Two 
boxes of tea. Many cases of biscuit and ginger snaps, and at least a dozen cases and barrels 
of ginger ale. One basket of champagne, three cases of port, eight cases of blackberry' 
brandy, three cases sherry, two cases whiskey, one case of California brandy ; in addition 
Appollinaris and other waters continuously supplied. 

About ten dozen chairs, including rockers, armchairs, etc., for invalids, and a dozen 
settees. 

Two carloads of lumber for tent flooring, and the service of two carpenters for three weeks. 

The service of four chefs, four assistant cooks, four waiters, and four kitchen men. Two 
skilled men nurses who have had the care of the dead. 

Six refrigerators and about six ice boxes. 

The things mentioned above have been used in the hospital between August 10th and 
September 18th. In addition to these, large supplies of eggs, milk, chickens, ice cream, etc., 
also underclothing, shoes, etc. . have been distributed in the various camps of cavalry and 
infantry at Montauk Point. Very many valuable things, which were gifts of different associa- 
tions to our own, and especially from Chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution, 
from various parts of the country, containing choice articles of every variety, for hospital use, 
have been distributed and applied. 



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During the difficulties and discomforts of the early time at Montauk, 
my daughter, Reubena Hyde Walworth, wrote me that her patients at 
Fortress Monroe were convalescent, that she would join me if there was more 
urgent work for her to do, and immediately afterwards she came to Montauk. 
The day after her arrival the troops from the first transport that came from 
Cuba were disembarked. We were at the station early to meet them. She 
assisted me in helping the waiters at the little lunch counter to prepare 500 
sandwiches, which she afterward distributed to the troops, under the direc- 
tion and protection of an officer sent for that purpose by General Young. 
From this hour her devotion to the invalids at Montauk and her untiring 
industry were unceasing. The supplies which I had distributed in the wards 
were increased, and applied with redoubled vigor, for she seemed to divine 
the place of greatest need. Early in the day she would already have a 
record for me to fill for the wards of the General Hospital, where more than 
one hundred women nurses were now employed; in the Annex, where as 
many Sisters of Charity were nursing, and in the officers’ ward, where Miss 
Annie Wheeler was giving the same devoted attention to sick soldiers that 
she had done in Tampa and Santiago; (Miss Wheeler had arrived at Mon- 
tauk on one of the transports from Cuba, nursing the soldiers on the voy- 
age, and she continued her labors as nurse until the sad hour when the 
sudden death of her beloved young brother called upon her to join her 
family.) And in each record the individual men were named, and the per- 
mission of doctor or nurse obtained for the distribution. If after a few 
hours I searched for her, she might be found assisting the nurses in one 
ward with their most trying duties of personal attention to the patients, or in 
another ward carrying requisitions to the dispensary, or replacing a sick or ab- 
sent nurse. In the midst of these busy, useful days, she heard the surgeon from 
the Detention Hospital, at the dispensary, asking for supplies and help. She 
heard him say he had no woman nurse, nor scarcely a male nurse who was 
competent. Immediately she offered her services. She then came to my 
tent and assisted me in preparing two wagon loads of supplies for the Deten- 
tion Hospital, and then said, “ Mother, in fifteen minutes I shall have my 
trunk packed and everything ready to go there as nur.se. I want you to take 
me there, and let it be seen that I have a protector at call ; and then you 
know, mother, you cannot come again.” It is needless to say that I set be- 
fore her the risk she ran, and the good work she was doing at the General 
Hospital. Her firm but gentle reply was, “Yes, mother, but there 
are plenty of people here to help you. There, at the Detention Hospital, is 


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the^real need; that is the place for me; it is what I intend to do.’’ I took 
herein the carriage, and left her with Major Ebert, who promised to place her 
tent near his and watch over her carefully. He was most faithful to his 
word, and did everything he could to alleviate the hardship and loneliness of 
her work; for she obtained his permission to take charge of the Contagion 
Ward. She wrote a hurried note to me every day, and pinned it on her tent, 
for my messenger to bring, telling me how she was and what were the needs 
of her patients and others in the hospitals. Large quantities of foods, med- 
ical appurtenances and table waters were sent at her request to the General 
Detention Hospital, as well as to the Contagion Ward in which she nursed, 
with the assistance of orderlies, the only woman there. Her success in 
bringing her patients safely through the diseases of dipthheria, measles, and 
malignant malarial or suspected yellow fever, attest her skill and devotion as 
a nurse, as do also the touching letters from several of those to whom she 
ministered. One at Fortress Monroe writes: 

I was one of the first among the wounded soldiers who came to 
Monroe from Cuba, and in those long and weary days that followed, when 
we lay there suffering from wounds and fever in Ward 1, her bright face 
and cheering words and tender nursing, was the sole means of bringing many 
of us back to life and health. She will never be forgotten by any of the boys 
who were there.” 

And one at the Contagious Ward of the Detention Hospital writes: 

“ I was amongst her very last patients in the Detention Hospital, and 
not a day has passed without its loving remembrance of her — without my 
heart giving deepest thanks to her for what she did for me. Never a doubt 
has crossed my mind that I owe my life to the gentle, careful nursing that 
she gave me. It is particularly distressing to me that while she was giving 
back life to us who were in the hospital she should have received the blow 
that took her own. death was that of a patriot and 

heroine.” 

When her last patient was safely placed in the ambulance for his return 
home, and the whole Detention Camp was being closed, Reubena Walworth 
came to her mother’s tent in the General Hospital, with the fatal poison of 
the camp typhoid sapping her precious life. She was able to reach her 
home, where careful nursing and medical skill were unavailing to save her. 
She died on October 18, 1898. 

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where incalculable mischief had been done in regard to unhealthy condition, 

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through the impossibilities of cleanliness in the general kitchen. During 
those first three or four weeks it was without a floor, and the benches and 
tables were equivalent to fixtures, and the butchering was done at the kitchen 
door. Until the dairy was built, the milk stood just outside of the kitchen, 
and part of the day in the sun. When the frequent scarcity of water is con- 
sidered with these conditions, it can be easily understood that Montauk was 
a veritable generator of disease. Another cause of disease and impurity was 
the want of laundry facilities during all of the first weeks. Often the infected 
bedding and clothes discarded from the dead or sick men were merely pushed 
outside of the back end of the tents, and were allowed to remain there for 
days without removal. This was probably on account of a scarcity of attend- 
ants. There was criticism and complaint of attendants, nurses, etc., who were 
engaged by the Government and came to the hospital, took a view of things 
and left. No persuasion could induce them to remain. This was to be ex- 
pected, for but three classes of persons would stay voluntarily — the careless 
and ignorant, the mercenary who might desire the salary offered, and the 
patriotic and self-sacrificing, who remained from honorable motives, to aid 
the sick and suffering. Any thoughtful and intelligent person who came 
there would realize the serious risk to which they were subjected. The con- 
ditions of sleeping and eating were not those of mere discomfort, but were 
actually so repulsive that it required a strong motive or principle to enable 
one to endure them. 

I call these facts to the attention of our Association that they may 
appreciate more fully the faithfulness of the numerous employees who were 
sent to Montauk. A very few of them, like certain Government candidates, 
looked over the field and departed, and some felt thoroughly discouraged, 
yet when an appeal was made to their patriotism and humanity, they yielded, 
and remained through those trying months without complaint. It is grati- 
fying to remember the patriotic loyalty and faithful service of clerks, 
nurses, chefs, cooks, waiters, drivers, and carpenters employed at the hos- 
pitals and camp to carry on the work of the Association in behalf of the sick 
and wounded. It is more gratifying to remember that the Government 
officials in command of these hospitals and camps, who could so easily have 
thwarted or rejected our proffered help, on the contrary, welcomed us with 
kindly words, and opened to us constantly new avenues of helpfulness. The 
patriotism and devotion of officers and surgeons to the welfare of the sick and 
wounded reflects honor upon the service of the United States. Painful as the 
conditions were for a short time at Fortress Monroe, and for the whole time of 


the encampment at Montauk, I am firmly convinced that they were due to a 
faulty and inadequate system, and to occasional weakness or ignorance only on 
the part of individuals. For honorable action and devotion of time and strength 
to the welfare of the sick and wounded, the officers and surgeons who came 
under my observation were unexceptionable; some of them were self-sacri- 
ficing to the last degree. Notwithstanding this fact the misery of the whole 
situation at Montauk was appalling — the details have in some instances been 
exaggerated, but a thousand instances of almost equal suffering are still 
unknown. It is useless to reiterate the statement that war is tragedy; that 
war is hell ! We Americans know what war is; we have suffered before this, 
and suffered cruelly in a knowledge of the hardships and privations of our 
beloved ones in war time, even to hunger and sickness and death. But we 
know also that the causes which lead to hunger and sickness and death, 
even during a state of war, are better known and are far better under control 
at this present day than they were in the time of the Revolution, or the war 
of 1812, the Mexican war, or during the late war of the sixties. Every 
department of life and of business has moved forward in accordance with such 
knowledge and control except the military department. To have placed 
twenty thousand sick men, even if soldiers, in a houseless desert, with 
practically but one line of communication with civilization — unnecessarily 
and from choice — looks like barbarism. This is not war. War means 
action, definite plans — either the march towards victory or the plans for 
defense. Montauk was but a military sanitarium without one sanitary 
measure in preparation for the invalids. Except for the boundless generosity 
of nature in an atmosphere unsurpassed for purity, there would hardly 
have been a person able to escape from that poisoned spot to tell the tale of 
its miseries. I know them, for I lived in the midst of them from the day 
that the first troops arrived — August 9th to the 20th of September — and also 
returned there later. I cannot say that one individual was to blame, but I 
know that the state of war does not excuse a horror perpetrated in a peace- 
ful community teeming with luxuries and money, and among a people who.se 
hearts and whose purses are open to every call of humanity. The suffering 
endured there is a blot on the history of the nation which we should bravely 
face, searching for the cause with no eagerness to punish individuals, but 
taking it to heart as an experience that must be a lesson for the future. The 
people cannot hold themselves blameless until they understand the cause 
which disrupted regimental hospitals; and then, as at Montauk, left the sick 
in quarters to suffer, too often without medicine or nursing, until they know 


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the reason why sick men, within four hours of New York, lay on 
water-soaked grass, and the reason why the surgeons’ medicine chest and 
the hospital supplies were not at the same place that the sick men were at 
the first as well as the last hours of their agony. 

My observation is that sick men, 
no matter how strong in health, nor 
how brave at all times, are literally 
infants while ill, and utterly helpless. 
If men are incapable of caring for 
them in war time, if their province 
is only to fight, then let the women 
be trained for regular hospital ser- 
vice, and cast upon the women 
the responsibility of the sick, the 
wounded and the dying. They would 
then be prepared for these desperate 
emergencies, and not be compelled 
to come in at the last moment, when 
help is almost useless. 

The cry of that brave young 
spirit, Reubena Hyde Walworth, in 
her last poem, was the warning note 
of an angel of mercy, as she stood 
on the high hill of Montauk with the 

MONTAUK— CEMETERY OF DETENTION HOSPITAL. Open graves of the soldiers on one 

courusy 0/ Mrs. M. H. iviitard. hand, and the tents filled with her 

soldier-patients prostrated with malignant diseases on the other, and wrote: 

DETENTION HOSPITAL AT CAMP WIKOFF, 

Montauk, New York, September 3, 1898. 

The ocean moans low where the death rattle shakes. 

The wind howls a dirge o’er the desolate lakes; 

We’re’ burying our boys whom the cannon passed by. 

Whom* care might have saved, we have brought home to die. 

We’re'^burying the victors who trampled on Spain, 

Oh, Nation, awake ! right the wrong, fix the blame ! 

Cry ‘\Shame!" for starvation, cry “Shame!” for neglect; 

Let justice be done, let the blows be direct. 

The wind howls a dirge o’er the victors of Spain ; 

Oh, Nation awake ! right the wrong, fix the blame ! 

Reubena Hyde Walworth. 



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The Women’s War Relief Association, at a special meeting 
of the Board of Directors, held November 1, 1898, unani 
mously adopted the following preamble and resolutions: 

Whereas, God in His wise and mysterious ordering of 
human events has removed by death. Miss Reubena Walworth, 
late member of this Association. 

Whereas, her devoted service in the interests of this 
Association, from its beginning until overtaken by the fever 
which ended her life, should be fittingly remembered, now there- 
fore, be it 

Resolved, That in the untimely death of Miss Walworth, 
this Association deplores the loss of a gifted woman, whose 
untiring labors in Hospital and Camp gave comfort and help to 
fever-stricken and weary soldiers, and thus by her self-abnegat- 
ing labors (literally giving her life) this Association desires to 
pay a loving tribute to the fidelity and courage as evinced by 
our late Associate, who was 

“A spirit still and bright, 

With something of Angels’ light.” 

Resolved, that a copy of these resolutions be spread upon 
the minutes of this Association, Also that a copy thereof be 
sent to the mother of our deceased Associate, with the tender 
sympathy of this Association in the sorrows of a mother so 
deeply bereaved. 

Anne Rhodes, Secretary. 

New York, November 1, 1898. 


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In the midst of this absorbing work of distribution the condition of the 
convalescent soldiers, which had already been so anxiously considered in 
the establishment of a table for them, became still more distressing 
in view of the seeming hurry to send them from Montauk in their 
enfeebled condition. In one of the hurried visits made to New York 
I appealed to the Board of Directors for some special arrangement to relieve 
this phase of suffering. Miss Gould’s ever anxious care for the sick soldiers, 
quickly formulated plans in response. On my return to Canq) Wikoff 
I made arrangements for the separation of the convalescents, who 
were to be forwarded to New York to allow the Association to care for 
them en route and in country hospitals. The first fourteen soldiers con- 
fided to the care of the Association were accompanied by me to New 
York and taken to the hospital prepared by Miss Gould at Tarrytown. 
Other convalescents picked up en route and in this city, and later those 
received through permission of Major Api)el, were taken to the place pre- 
pared for them, at bib East 15th street, which had been named “ Camp 
Walworth ” by Dr. Gallant, the physician in charge, who reports as follows: 

Mrs. Ellen Hardin Walworth, 

Director- General. 

Madam: Herewith allow me to tender the final report of Camp 
Walworth, 316 East 15th street. New York City, and Camp Jewett, Nyack- 
on-Hudson, N. Y. 

The cessation of war with Spain resulted in such an influx of sick and 
wounded soldiers as to tax to the utmost every resource of the Government. 
Every day during the month of August the press reported many soldiers 
overcome by the heat and terrible journey from Camp Wikoff to this city, 
falling on the streets by the hundreds, sick unto death. The ambulances were 
on the run day and night, and the hospitals were overcrowded. It was at 
this critical period. Madam, that you inaugurated a plan to afford relief to 
the suffering men at Camp Wikoff. You cannot fail to remember that 
fearful night of September 0th, when, with a detail of faint, worn and weary 
soldiers, you arrived at midnight in this city and housed them in the Grand 
Union Hotel, and the next morning placed them in the Tarrytown Hospital. 
On that same morning, at a meeting of the Executive Committee, your 
action was discussed and the writer authorized to carry out such means 
of relief as the circumstances demanded. 


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CAMP WAI. WORTH. 


The Salvation Army tendered their “ 'I’rainini; School for C'adcds/’ at 
310 Kast Jhth street, which was accepted on Septeinher Hth, 'I he next day 
it was oi)ened for the relief work and the first soldiers received and taken 
care of. 

With your permission we christened this home “ Camp Walworth.” 
Many a forlorn and penniless soldier has since spoken of the camp as Ids 
only “ home.” 

During; the eleven weeks th.it “Camp Walworth” was in operation 
(September Hth to Novembc-r l;i()th inclusive^, soldiers were furnished 

4,475 nights’ lodging and 18,053 meals, an average of two nights' lodging 
and eight meals for each man. (Appendix No. I.) 

Approximately, four-fifths of the total number were guided to the 
Army lUiilding and assisted in securing trans|)ortation and furloughs, and 
when weak or ill, sleeping car accommodations; then put on board their 
respective trains with a special recpiest to the conductors and the train hands 
to look after them on their journey. This recpiest w;is always honored, and 
many a soUlier owes his safe arrival home to their kind care. 

Overcoats, suits of clothes, shirts, underwear, socks, shoes, slippers, 
handkerchiefs, gloves, canes, h.iir brushes, combs, and tooth brushes have 
been given to the neeily. Many men have come to us in a ilestitute condi- 
tion. 

Under special circumstances several men have been sujiplied with civilian 
suits, railroad tickets purchased, and supplied with money for food eii route 
to their homes. Notes have been secured for these loans in which each man 
promises to repay the Association. (Appendix No. ‘i.) 

COMMITTKK ON ICNTHKTAINMKNT.S. 

Many of the long evenings have been madi* bright and cheerful by vol- 
unteer entertainers, professional and amateur, and have elicited enthusiastic 
applause from those in the house. 

The first was the (ireenwich Military Haiul which gladdened the he.irts 
of the men with military marches and patriotic airs. 

Miss Kthel Irene Stewart with her delightful songs, and Marsh.'dI I’. 
Wilder with his funny sketches, made an interesting evening. 

“Aunt Louisa” Fdilridge entertained the men by reeiting “ The Star 
Spangleil Manner,” which they received most enthusiastically, besides a num- 
ber of other selections. 



ENTRANCE TO CAMP WALWORTH, 

310 EA6T IBTH STREET, NEW YORK CITY. 







Other evenings were filled by programmes rendered by Miss Johnson, 
pianist; Mr. Paul Tiddan, pianist, and Mrs. Dutton, vocalist; Mrs. Gielow, 
elocutionst; Miss M. C. Smith, reader; Mr. Eaton, vocalist; Miss Hill, elo- 
cutionist; Mr. Harold Crane, Miss Lucile Corbett, and Miss Harriet L. 
Mortott, vocal trio; and many others. 

Eudora Elliott Gallant, 

Chairman Entertainment Committee. 


CONVALESCENT HOMES. 

The announcement by the press that the Association had placed soldiers 
at the Tarrytovvn- Hospital, resulted in offers from innumerable hospitals 
sanitariums and private persons to receive convalescents and care for them 
in whatever way they might require. 

Owing to the fact that nearly all the men had suffered from typhoid or 
malaria, and were liable to a relapse, it was not deemed advisable to place 
them in private homes. Three hundred and seventy-seven have been 
distributed in twelve hospitals or places specially provided for the purpose, 
where they would be assured of such medical care and nursing as the con- 
dition of the patient might demand. (Appendix No. 3.) Within twelve 
days we had seventy-one men distributed at Tarrytown, Yonkers, White 
Plains, Montclair, Poughkeepsie and Summit. 

On September 22d, the first soldiers were sent to Irvington. To avoid 
wounding the sensibilities of the “boys” by sending them to a home 
formerly devoted to the instruction and motherly care of children the 
Assistant-Director General had rechristened “Woody Crest,” “Irvington 
Auxiliary Home.” In spite of the change of name “Woody Crest” 
became the Mecca towards which all convalescents looked as the one 
haven of rest where seven meals per diem could be had for the asking. 
How keen the disappointment when, owing to the lack of room, the appli- 
cant was refused admission. 

Through the generosity of Mrs. Armstrong, the Nyack Auxiliary was 
opened September 20th, and the residents of Nyack did all in their power 
to make the return to health and strength of the “ boys,” one long round of 
comfort. Bayonne, N. J., Fishkill-on-Hudson, White Plains, and “Moun- 
tainside Home,” Montclair; vied one with the other in entertaining the 
soldiers. The “Fresh Air Home,” Summit, N. J., headed by Mr. Hicks, 
was lavish in its patriotic efforts. 


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“CAMP JEWETT.” 

Through the courtesy of Major R. Dickson Jewett, the use of this ideal 
country seat, consisting of two houses, chapel, barn, and pine-covered grove, 
was tendered to the Association as a home for convalescent soldiers. 

It is known as the “ Christian Herald Children’s Home.” The furniture 
and complete equipment was loaned to us by Mr. Klopsch, on behalf of the 
“Christian Herald.” 

In honor of the donor we named it “Camp Jewett.” October 1st, 
1898, six men came up on the boat “ Cry^stenah ” and were made welcome. 
They all seemed very weak. To our great grief, one man, Peter Hoffmeister 
of the 16th Regiment U. S. Infantry (regulars), a member of the band, died 
suddenly early Monday morning. A physician had examined him, but found 
no reason for his sudden death. He was buried with full military honors in 
the soldiers’ plot in Oak Hill Cemetery, Waldron Post, G. A. R., of Ny- 
ack taking charge and permitting the interment in their plot. The Rev. A. 
A. Pape, the German Lutheran Minister, delivered a very touching address; 
the cadets from the Hudson Military Institute met the funeral cortege at the 
cemetery and fired a volley over his grave. Miss Helen M. Gould sent a 
beautiful wreath of ivy, which was placed on his grave. Thus was an un- 
known soldier, without friends, placed in his last resting place, honored only 
by those who had known him but a few hours. 

Daily more soldiers came, until at the close of the work 106 men had 
been cared for. The ladies in charge of Camp Jewett were: Mrs. W. B. 
Conrad, Mrs. A. S. Tompkins, Mrs. Fred Perry, Mrs. George Sandison, Mrs. 
J. Elliott, Mrs. J. Cameron, Mrs. G. Whitman, Mrs. E. Potter. 

These ladies visited on different days and looked after the comfort and 
welfare of the men. They went over the buildings and saw that everything 
was in sanitary condition. The distance from the village of Nyack made 
Camp Jewett quite inaccessible to manv people — for that reason a stage ran 
three afternoons a week from a central point, and visitors were invited — in 
that way quite a generous supply of donations were received. 

On the alternate days the men were taken to drive. Miss Helen M. 
Gould sent us her check for $100 to supply immediate needs, and Judge Leo 
Dessar $26 for delicacies for the soldiers. No other donations of money 
were solicited because the people of Nyack were supporting another home in 
Nyack. 

The men have been, most of them, very well behaved, and appreciated 
what was being done for them. Many of them were quite ill — one man. 


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toration to health to the skill of the physician, Charles D. Kline, M.D., and 
the good nursing and care they received. Miss G. Maynard was the resident 
nurse, and Miss Helen J. Collins, the matron, and the men felt they were 
fortunate to have two such willing Christian workers to care for them. Quite 
a little was done to entertain the men. Ladies came and played and sang 
for them. Games were provided, etc. The Y. M. C. A. invited them to 
an illustrated lecture, “ Under the Cuban Flag,” and the colored minister, the 
Rev. Mr. Juad, to a concert in his church. 

There were services every Sunday afternoon in the Camp Jewett Chapel, 
and addresses were made by the Hon. Judge A. S. Tompkins, Col. L. L. 
Robbins, Capt. Joel E. Wilson, Rev. Abram S. Blauvelt, Dr. Louis Klopsch, 
G. H. Crawford, Esq., and others. 

There was always some religious service on Sunday morning, and many 
were pleased to attend, although none were forced to do so. On Thanksgiv- 
ing Day, William, the chef, prepared a fine dinner for the men and they con- 
tinued to talk about it until the home closed. On November 30th Camp 
Jewett closed, and we receive, almost daily, letters from the men expressing 
their gratitude and telling us of their desire to lead better lives. 

(Signed) SARAH M. Crawford, 

Chairman. 



REGISTERING SOLDIERS AT CAMP WALWORTH. 

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Cotnmiffee on (Pieifmg. 

Previous to the formation of this Committee on Tuesday, October 25th, 
much individual work was done by ladies in the hospitals, and it was found 
advisable by your Board to so organize and systematize this work as to 
avoid confusion and prevent cases of neglect. Regular visitors were appointed, 
each one retaining, as far as advisable, the hospital where her work had 
previously been done: Mrs. Swartout at Bellevue Hospital; Mrs. A. D. 
Storrs at Roosevelt; Mrs. J. G. Burdick at the New York ; Miss Isabel P'. 
Hapgood at St. Vincent’s; Mrs. F. K. Hain at St. Luke’s; Mrs. E. B. 

Whitney at the hospitals of Jersey City; Mrs. L. H. Wall at the Bedloe’s 

Island Hospital; Mrs. George R. Sullivan at the P'lower, Gouverneur and 
Mt. Sinai Hospitals, and several in Brooklyn; Mrs. J. E. L. Davis at the 

Presbyterian Hospital; Mrs. D. H. Clement at St. Peter’s and Long Island 

College Hospitals, Brooklyn; and Miss Fannie B. King, who filled Miss 
Hapgood’s place at St. Vincent’s Hospital. No branch of the work was 
more effectual or far-reaching than that done by Mrs. Wall at the Bedloe’s 
Island Hospital. Through the summer she was most untiring in her devo- 
tion to the soldiers there, the Association supplying the needs which she 
brought to its attention. 

The Chairman was able to visit some one hospital almost every morning, 
which enabled her to keep in close touch with the work. The needs of the 
soldiers were found to be varied. The very sick, upon their arrival at the 
hospitals, wished their families notified, and other letters written. Later, 
as they grew stronger, fruit, jellies and other delicacies were supplied by 
the ladies of the Committee, and the appreciation expressed was very 
touching. One man said: “You don’t know how strange it seems to think 
that anybody cares about you, whether you live or die.” Very often the 
removal of some care or anxiety helped to more rapid recovery. When a 
man was found to be in need of anything the Committee could supply, it was 
noted against his name, and such aid sent directly to him. As the men 
became convalescent, it was frequently necessary to arrange for their 
furloughs, or extension of the same, and a card, inviting all sick or convales- 
cent soldiers to visit Camp Walworth, if they were in need of assistance, 
was given each man ; it is impossible to express how much this card meant 
to them — what a haven to many having no money and no place to go upon 
leaving the Hospital. Thanksgiving Day the Committee planned to show 
some extra attention to the soldiers, realizing that on that day their longing 
for home would be stronger than ever, and the men were led to feel they 


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had friends in a strange city, as many of the visitors spent the greater part of 
the day with the sick, personally cheering them. 

The following is the statistical report of the work done by the Hospital 
Visiting Committee up to November 30th, the date of its dissolution; 

Number of hospitals cared for 23 

“ “ men in hospitals from October 25th to N ovember 30th 600 

“ “ visitors on committee 12 

Average number of visits made weekly 35 

Entire number of visits made 176 

Sets of underwear distributed 227 

Pairs of socks “ . . . • • 196 

Number of blue flannel shirts distributed 32 


“ pairs of shoes 
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" combs ‘‘ 

“ pajamas ‘‘ 

“ tooth brushes “ 

“ gloves “ 

“ pairs felt shoes “ 

“ handkerchiefs ‘‘ 

' ‘ pairs of slippers “ 

“ boxes of oranges “ 

II II II grapes “ 

“ turkeys “ 

“ quarts of cranberries “ 
“ “ “ ice cream “ 


Thanksgiving . 


Florence Ballard Day, 
Chairman. 


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STATISTICAL REPORTS. 

It is of great interest, as shown by the following reports by regiments and companies, that 
every branch in the service has been represented : 

U. S. Army.— 1,283, or 57 per cent (Appendix 4.) 

Infantry. — Every regiment except the 15th and 23rd. 

Cavalry. — 1st, 2d, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 9th, and 10th. 

Engineers. — 1st, 2d, and 5th corps. 

Signal. — 11th corps. 

U. S. Navy. — Navy Yards Brooklyn and Boston. 

Volunteers. — 946, or 43 percent. 

Infantry. — Representatives from 27 States, including 70 regiments from New York State, 
13 regiments, viz., 8th, 9th, 12th, 14th, 22d, 47th, 65th, 69th, 71st, 201st, 202d, 203d. In all 
322 New York men. Pennsylvania follows with 10 regiments. The highest number from 
any one regiment was 119 from the 3d Wisconsin, 26 of these were from Company F, the 
largest number from a single company. 

Other branches of the service we have entertained as follows: 

Cavalry. — 7 regiments. 


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Voi.untkers. 

Artillery. — 5 regiments. 

Engineers. — 3 corps. 

Signal Service. — 3 corps. 

Hospital. — 5 corps. 

And, from the Cuban Army, 1 soldier. 
Expenses. — (Appendix 5.) 


The expenses incident to Camp Jewett amount to $1,646 06 

“ “ “ Camp Walworth amount to 5,406 34 


Total expenditures $7,052 40 

Balance on hand December Itith 320 .50 


At Camp Walworth 2,229 men were furnished 4,705 lodgings and 18,053 meais; an aver- 
age expense per day of $1.21 per man. 

At Camp Jewett 106 men were furnished 1,446 days’ care, at an average per day of $1.14 
per man. 

Camps. — (Appendix 6-7.) 

Men came in from 22 regular camps and 36 volunteer camps. We note that Camp Wik- 
off leads with 916 men, and next in order Camp Thomas, 165 men. 

From Porto Rico 480 men were brought to us direct from the transports, many in a most 
deplorable condition. 

Santiago contributed 94. 

Diseases. — (Appendix 8.) 

From a medical standpoint, at least, the long list of diseases, numbering 63, from which 
the men had been or were suffering, is of g^eat interest. 

Malaria leads with 1,111, and typhoid 246, the latter frequently associated with the 
former. It is fair to qualify this list by acknowledging that the diagnoses are those given by 
each for himself when admitted. In 450 subjects the cause of illness was not giv'en. 


It would be a great oversight if, before closing, we were to fail in bring- 
ing to your especial notice one of our volunteers. 

Early in the beginning of Camp Walworth there came to us a man who, 
without any apparent reason, would insist in bringing to us soldiers whom he 
had picked up here, there and everywhere. His intimate knowledge of the 
wants of each of his proteges attracted our attention, and his absolute devo- 
tion to his self-imposed task was so manifest that it was impossible not to 
recognize his sincerity. For about five weeks he paid all his own expenses 
(many times going without food or sleep), and when his funds were exhausted 
he reluctantly accepted a small salary and such expenses as his going and 
coming for the soldiers necessitated. Even this salary has been expended 
on the needy “ boys.” Major Appel found him so useful that, by request, 
we delegated him as our representative at the Army Building. No one 
will ever know how many of the soldiers owe their transportation, furloughs. 


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sleeping-car accommodations and meals to him, nor how much protective 
care, and last, but not least, how much honest heartfelt sympathy he has 
shown for every soldier with whom he has come in contact. 

To many it is needless to mention his name, but it would give me 
much pleasure if, very near the top of the Honor Roll of the Women’s Nat- 
ional War Relief Association, you would place the name of “ Major” B. 
M. Moulton, 

Respectfully submitted, 

A. E. Gallant, 

Chairman of Medical Committee. 


STATISTICAL REPORT OF CAMP WALWORTH. 


( Appendix No. 1.) 


September 8th to November 20th, 1898, inclusive. 


Admitted 

Discharged 2,121 

In City hospitals 6 

“ country homes 54 

At Camp Walworth 48 


Meals served 

Lodgings 

Average meals per man ... 

“ lodgings “ 

Men sent to country 

Days spent in “ 

“ “ “ “ average per man 


2,229 


2,229 


18,053 

4,705 


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377 


7,222 

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- LIST OF CLOTHING, TRANSPORTATIONS AND LOANS. 
(Appendix No, 2.) 


Name. Date. 

Pvt. Cohn Sept. 9th . 

“ Janson “ 12th . 

“ 14th . 

■ “ 15th . 

Pvts. McKenna & Cumming . Oct. 4th . 

J. B. Sobarte “ 6th . 

Wm. Jackson “ 8th . 

H. Otter “ 17th . 

A. T. Ketchen “ 31st . 

J. H. McClellan Nov. 2d . . 


For What. Amount. 

Loan for meals $10 00 

Suit of clothes 4 00 

Trans, to Montauk 5 85 

“ “ Boston 6 00 

“ '* Pyre, R. 1 3 50 

Loan for suit 10 00 

Trans, to Baltimore 5 30 

“ “ Raleigh 7 13 

Suit, shirt, collars and cuffs .... 10 54 

Trans, to Washington, D. C 3 25 


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SUMMARY OF OUT-OF-TOWN HOSPITALS. 

(Appendix No. 3.) 

Hospital at No. of Men. Days Cared For 


Summit, N. J 

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St. Joseph’s, Yonkers, N. Y 

31 

559 

Nyack Auxiliary, Nyack, N. Y 

27 

523 

White Plains Hospital, White Plains, N. Y. . 

9 

122 

Fishkill Hospital, Fishkill, N. Y 

10 

126 

Camp Jewitt, Nyack, N. Y 

101 

1,446 

Tarrvtown Hospital, Tarrytown, N. Y 

52 

1,001 

St. John’s, Riverside, Yonkers, N. Y 

26 '. 

263 

Vassar Hospital, Poughkeepsie, N. Y 

10 

129 

Mountainside Hospital, Montclair, N. J, . . . 

4 

107 

Irvington Auxiliary, Irvington, N. Y 

71 

1,423 

Bayonne Hospital, Bayonne, N. J 

10 

142 


377 

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1 


1 

. . t . 


4th “ . . 

5th “ . . 

• • 


2 

• 

• 



2 

• 


1 



6th 

7th “ . . 

8th “ . . 

. 1 


4 

5 

1 

10 

2 


7 


3 

1 1 


9th “ . . 

. 2 

2 

4 

2 

1 

1 

3 

2 2 

4 

1 

2 

• ... 


10th “ . . 

• 4 

2 

5 

• 

1 

1 

1 

2 1 

5 

4 

3 









Artillery. 






Company .... 

. A. 

B. 

C. 

D. 

E. 

F. 

G. 

H. I. 

K. 

L. 

M. 

Band. Hospital. 


1st Regiment . . 

. 3 

2 

1 

• 

2 

. 

1 

1 

3 

. 


. 


2d 

. 3 





1 

. 

1 


, 


1 . . . 


3d 



9 



1 


1 


1 


• ... 


4th “ . . 


9 

1 



3 

2 

3 . 


. 




5th “ 

6th “ . . 

. 1 

6 

1 

11 

1 

3 

2 

1 

1 

1 




7th “ . . 


5 

1 

1 



. 

3 . 

2 

2 

13 

. . . 







Engineer Corps. 






1st Corps . . 

. . 

3 

1 





1 

. 

, 

, 

. 

, 

2d “ .... 
5th “ .... 


6 


• 

3 

4 

2 



• 


. . 

12 


Signal Corps. 

11th Corps . . . 1 


U. S. NAVY. 

Marine Battery. 

1 .... 

. . 28 


Company .... 

A. 

B. 

C. 

D. 

VOLUNTEERS. 

Infantry. 

E. F. G. H. 

I. 

K. 

L. 

M. 

Band. Hospital. 

1st Illinois . . . 

2 

1 

4 

3 

2 

5 


3 

3 

2 

2 

1 

1 . 

3d “ ... 

3 

4 

3 

2 

5 

2 

2 

1 

1 

2 

3 

1 

• . . « 

6th “ ... 

3 

2 

2 

3 

3 

3 

3 

1 

8 

16 

3 

3 

1 . . . 

2d Massachusetts . 


. 



2 



, 

1 



1 

. ... 

7th 


1 



, 



, 





» ... 

8th 

, 



, 





, 

1 


, 

• • • . 

9th 

3 

2 

1 

2 

1 

1 


1 


1 

, 

1 

• ... 

1st Dis. Columbia 


1 

1 

3 


, 

1 

• 



1 

1 

1 . . . 

8th New York . 

9 

6 

3 

3 

1 

6 

3 

5 

6 

6 

3 

2 


9th “ . 

4 

5 

9 

6 

1 

19 

6 

8 

8 

8 

2 

2 

. ... 

12th 

3 

1 

1 

2 

6 

2 

2 

3 

6 

2 


3 

. 


95 


Company 

A. 

B. 

C. 

D. E. 

F. 

G. H. 

I. 

K. 

L. 

M. 

Band. 

1 

14th Regiment . 

4 


3 

3 2 

1 

2 1 

1 



5 

22d 

1 



1 

1 

1 1 

1 





65th 









2 



69th 

3 


4 

1 1 

2 

3 1 

2 

1 

2 

1 


71st 

8 


4 

2 4 

4 

4 5 

3 

4 

8 

6 


201st 

4 

1 

3 

1 . 


4 2 


2 

1 

4 


202d 


1 







2 



203d 

2 

3 


1 

1 

3 

6 

2 



1st Wisconsin . . 






1 






2d “ . . 

1 

2 

1 

2 

2 

5 2 

7 

2 


5 


3d 

1 

9 

10 

15 15 

26 

6 13 

9 

15 




33d Michigan . . 



1 

1 


1 . 






34th “ . . 



1 



• 

1 


1 



1st Kentucky . . 

3 

2 

1 

2 

1 

1 2 

3 

1 

1 



3d “ 


1 

1 





2 

1 

1 



2d Virginia . . . 
4th •* . . . 




1 

1 







4th Ohio .... 

1 


1 

2 


1 1 


1 

1 



8th “ .... 

4 

1 

1 



3 1 

1 

2 


1 


3d Texas .... 




1 . 




• 



1st Rhode Island 



3 


1 

2 1 

3 

1 


1 


4th Mississippi . 






3 . 


1 




5th Maryland 



2 


1 


1 




2d Louisiana . . 

1 



1 



1 




2d Pennsylvania 




1 



1 





8d 




1 



1 





4th 



1 


1 

1 . 

1 


2 



5th 


1 










6th 

2 







3 




8th 


1 




1 






13th 






1 






16th 

4 

1 


5 6 

1 

1 8 


8 

1 

1 


18th 

1 

2 

1 









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1st New Jersey . 


1 


1 


2 . 


1 

1 



2d 






• 


1 




3d 


2 




1 






1st Connecticut . 




1 


1 

1 





3d 

1 

1 



2 





2 


1st Missouri . . 






1 




1 


3d 


1 









4th “ . . 






3 . 






5th “ 

47th . . 

1 



2 




1 

1 



14th Brooklyn . . 





1 




1 



47th Brooklyn . . 




1 . 

• 







159th Indiana . . 




2 








2d Tennessee 



3 


1 

1 1 







Hospital. ? 


2 

o 


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Company .... 

1st Alabama . . 
1st Maine . 

2d Oregon . . . 
8th Minnesota . 
2d North Carolina 


A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. I. K. L. M. Band. Hospital. ? 

1 
1 


1st Colorado . . 

. 1 

3d Georgia . . 


2d Immunes . . 


3d 

. 1 

5th ‘ ‘ 

. 1 

6th •• . . 

• • 

1st New York . 

. 7 

2d 

. 1 

2d .... 

, , 

5th . . . . 


1st Texas .... 

. 1 

1st Connecticut . 

, , 

1st Phila. City . 


Volunteers. 

7th New York . 


1st Connecticut . 

, , 

— Pennsylvania 

. 1 

— Colorada . . 

. 6 

5th New York. . 

. 1 


2 1 13 

12 . . . 

Cavalry. 


4 3 1 

1 


Artillery. 


2d Corps 2 5 . 3 

1st “ 

(Providence) : 

1st Corps 4 1 5 2 2 


Engineers. 
2 2 . 


112 6 
Signal Corps. 


13th 

8th 


1st 

Reserve . . 
5th 


Hospital. 

1 1 


1 1 


1 . 






2 . 

1 

1 . 

1 . 




9 

5 

2 

10 


Cuban Army. 


2nd Regiment 


97 


SUMMARY OF CASH. 


(Appendix No. 5.) 


Receipts: — 

From Sept- 6th 

DiSBURSEM ENTS : — 

Car fares, R. R. , cabs, etc. . . 
Stationery, stamps, etc .... 
Telegram, telephone, express.. 

Drugs 

Provisions 

Furniture 


Loans 

Sundries, rent 

Total disbursements. Camp Walworth.. 


and Jewett 

Balance on hand Dec. 13, 1898 


12th. 

To Dec. 13th. 

r 

$5,296 83 

r2.076 07 


$ 490 92 

$ 41 41 

$ 532 33 

83 67 

15 60 

99 27 

81 83 

31 50 

113 33 

30 74 

23 34 

54 08 

1,374 50 

314 73 

1,689 23 

135 92 

. - . 

135 92 

1,812 88 

284 72 

2,047 60 

179 71 

75 

180 46 

18 50 

a • • 

18 50 

176 41 

359 21 

535 62 



$5,406 34 

612 *29 

1,033 77 

1,646 06 

i 


$7,052 40 


. 

320 60 


$T,.372 9«) 


$7,372 90 


Fort Thomas 

Fort Wadsworth . . . 
Fort Hancock .... 
Fort McPherson . . . 
Washington Barracks . 
Madison Barracks . 

Portland. 

Fortress Monroe. . . . 

Fort Sheridan 

Fort Clinch 


LIST OF CAMPS. 

U. S. ARMY. 

(Appendix No. 6.) 

. . 165 Fort Meade 

. . 17 Fort Slocum ... 

12 Fort Hamilton . . . 

7 Key West Barracks 

. . 5 Fort Adams . . . . 

. . 3 Columbus Barracks. 

3 Jefferson Barracks . 

2 West Point .... 

. . 2 Fort Douglas . . . 

. . 1 Presidio 


. 62 
. 15 
. 10 
6 

. 4 
. 3 


2 

1 

1 


U. S NA\’Y. 

Boston Navy Yard 2 Brooklyn 14 

HOSPITALS. 

Bellevme, SL Peter’s, Governor’s Island. Manhattan, Boston, Mass., Post-Graduate, 
Bedloe’s Island, Presbyterian, Tarrytown Auxiliaty-. Yonkers General, St. John’s, Red Cross, 
Seney, Christ, Roosevelt, St. Catherine’s and Tampa. 

98 


LIST OF CAMPS 


^S’ikoff . . . . 
Wheeler . . . . 
Shippo, Ala . . 
Tampa .... 
Willets Point . 
Philadelphia . . 
David’s Island . 
Dembome . . . 
Powers .... 
Winthrop . . . 
Pengrove . . . 
Thomson . . . 
Porto Rico . . 
Hamilton, Ky . 
Xiantic .... 
Cuba Libre . . 
Menthunian . . 
Siboney .... 


VOLUNTEERS. 


916 

28 

15 

8 

4 

3 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

1 

480 

29 

, 8 
7 
3 
2 


(Appendix No. 7.) 


Voorhees . . . 
Rogers .... 
Pompton Plains 
Shenandoah 
Providence, R. 
McCalla . . 
Santiago . . 
Black . . . 
Alger . . . 
Jacksonville 
Sea Girt . . 
Norfolk . . 
LiUian Springs 
Raleigh . . , 
Falls Church 
Smith . . . 
Bushnell, O. 
McKinley . . 


I 




LIST OF DISEASES. (Appendix No. 8.) 


Malarial fever 1,111 

Dysentery 163 

Wounded 42 

Cold in chest 12 

Pneumonia 9 

Eyes and ears 7 

Hemorrhoids 7 

Measles 6 

Operation 5 

Varicose veins . 4 

Conjunctivitis 1 

Hemorrhages 4 

Catarrhal enteritis 2 

Piles 2 

Dizziness 2 

Tuberculosis 2 

Mumps 1 

Dropsy 1 

Hepatitis 1 

Lj-mphangitis 1 

Stomach trouble 251 

Heart and kidney 160 

Sunstroke 11 

Rupture 11 

Jaundice 9 

Intoxication 7 

Dislocation 7 

Indigestion 6 

Spinal 5 

Anaemia 1 

Appendicitis 4 


Asthma . . . 
Hernia . . . 
Epileptic tits 
Scalp diseas D 
Eruption . . 
Growth in nose 
Lightning stroke 
Mebomian cysts 
Enterocolitis 
Typhoid . . 
Rheumatism 
Yellow fever 
Abscess . . 
Gastritis . . 
Lung trouble 
Neuralgia . 
Lumbago . 
Poisoned. . . 
Bubo .... 
Pleurisy . . 
Enteritis 

Boils 

Brain fever. 
Influenza . . 
Venereal disease 
Scarlet fever 
Swollen glands 
Phaiymgitis 
Endocarditis 
Unknown . 


During September, when the Association and many people in New 
York were warmly interested in all work for the convalescent soldiers, 
the President of the Association, Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant, came to New 
York at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, and her presence inspired anew the 
enthusiasm of its members. Notwithstanding the pressing work which still 
filled the time and thoughts of the Board of Directors, they determined to 
give a reception in honor of Mrs. Grant, Mrs. Raymond taking the lead in 
this matter as an old friend of our honored President. A day was soon ar- 
ranged, the large drawing rooms of the Windsor Hotel obtained through the 
courtesy of Mr. Leland, the military band from Governor’s Island promised, 
and other details arranged by our efficient Secretary, Miss Rhodes. Let one 
of the newspapers of the day give its record of this event : 

“ Mrs. Ulysses S. Grant, a dignified and interesting figure in her widow’s 

weeds, stood in the 
Windsor’s drawing 
room yesterday, the 
honored guest, the 
leading spirit of the 
great body of women 
working for our suf- 
fering heroes. The 
Women’s National 
War Relief Associa- 
tion had assembled 
to acclaim its Presi- 
dent, and the tribute 
paid to the wife of 
the Nation’s dead 
soldier was one to 
stir the heart and 
dim the eye. 

“ By her side, 

supporting her through the somewhat trying ordeal of that affectionate 
greeting, laughing like a boy, was General Joe Wheeler. 

“ ‘ Not friends merely — comrades,’ said the General. ‘ We have known 
each other through the years.’ 



Courtesy Mrs. M. H. IVillard. MONTAUK LANDING. 


100 



“ Notable women stood about them: Mrs. Ellen Hardin Walworth, the 
Director-General of the Association; stately Mrs. Daniel Lamont ; Miss 
Gould, dainty and smiling, in black and white; beneficent Mrs. Raymond; 
Mrs. McLean, a typical member of the famous Sumner family; Mrs. Russell 
Sage; Mrs. General Gillespie ; Mrs. Anderson, who represents so well the 
quiet dignity of social life in the Navy, and Mrs. S. V. White, of the Brook- 
lyn contingent. 

“ AVonderful women,’ exclaimed General Wheeler; ‘think of what 
they have accomplished for the soldiers.’ 

“ ‘ Yes,’ replied Mrs. Roebling, beautiful as ever in her rich apparel, 
‘ what would the soldiers at Montauk have done without us? ’ 

“ ‘Well, of the 10,000 sick there were probably 1,000 who did not re- 
ceive good care, but the other 9,000 now ’ 

“ Here his attention was called to Miss Rhodes, who, in her happy way, 
announced an invitation to a reception for the following week by Mrs. Gil- 
lespie, at Governor’s Island, where General Gillespie now has his headquarters 
as commanding the Department of the East. 

“ The large throng of visitors, interspersed with army officers from 
the harbor posts, spent a charming morning, when Mrs. Grant summoned 
General W'^heeler to her side. In a moment the room was hushed to silence, 
while he made the acknowledgments of the distinguished woman beside 
him. 

“ ‘ When she accepted the honor of being your President,’ he said, ‘ she 
did so with misgivings, but when she heard of the cabinet assigned to her,’ 
with a glance at the group around her, ‘ her fears gave way to perfect con- 
fidence.’ 

“ He said further that the secret of the success of this war is due to the 
desire of the men to be worthy of the approval of the earnest women at 
home. Mrs. Grant added at this point, ‘ It has always seemed to me that 
women are important, and I wish to say how delighted I am to have some 
one so important to represent me to-day.’ This, with a bow to General 
Wheeler. 

“ Mrs. Walworth, in her short address, alluded to the magical effect 
produced by the mention of Mrs. Grant’s name among the soldiers, and 
added, with a laughing insistence that it was not a woman, but a man — 


lOI 


General Wheeler — who was the angel of the camp at Montauk. Mrs. Roger 
A. Pryor rounded all up in a word: ‘We thank God for Mrs. Grant, Miss 
Gould and General Wheeler. We are grateful for Mrs. Walworth and for 
the lovely little woman who is wearing the crown of her youth, the crown of 
her patriotism, and, above all, the crown of our hearts devotion. 

“These sentiments 
the members heartily 
applauded, while all at- 
tention was directed to 
Miss Gould, who was 
recognized as ‘the love- 
ly little woman.’ Mrs. 
Pryor added, ‘ We wish 
our beloved President 
all happiness, love and 
comfort for the remain- 
der of her life.’ 

“Mrs. Nellie Grant 
Sartoris accompanied 
her mother at the re- 
ception, and gave much 
pleasure to her many 
friends in New York. 
There were also pres- 
ent Mrs. Harmon D. 
Hull, Mrs. Daniel But- 
terfield, Mrs. Gallant 

and many other prominent women interested in War Relief work. 

“ The tea given by Mrs. General Gillespie to the Association was equally 
successful with the reception given a few days before. The visitors were 
taken to Governor’s Island on the steamboat General Hancock, and charin- 
ingly entertained in the fine old mansion assigned to the commanding general, 
which commands a magnificent view of New York Bay, and is interesting 
with its old-fashioned garden and trees. Mrs. Gillespie entertained with a 
gracious hospitality that is peculiarly her own, and the members of t e 
Association turned from these pleasant events, renewed in hopefulness and 
strength for the serious duties still before them in the care of the sick and 
convalescent soldiers. 



102 


“ At one of these entertainments Dr. Charles Lee was present, and there 
was some badinage about the remedies he used of fruit and ice water for fever 
patients at Montauk. He repelled the charge, however, with the explana- 
tion that he was not the only Dr. Lee in Camp Wikoff, and added that his 
work had been in the Detention Hospital, and was most ably supplemented 
by the members of the War Relief Association. He said that Miss Walworth 
took care of the diphtheria cases, and that Mrs. Walworth seemed to be 
everywhere at once, and that the Misses Wheeler were untiring in their faith- 
fulness. The sort of work these women did astonished him, he said ; they 
cooked, carried buckets of water, and waited on the men day and night. 
The work at the Detention Hospital was particularly trying, as the yellow 

flag was flying con- 
tinually. Dr. Lee 
added that it was im- 
possible to tell the 
amount of good done 
by these women.” 

On October 29th 
supplies to the value 
of $628.31 were sent 
to Porto Rico to be 
used on the journey 
home by the 1st 
U. S. V. Engineers, 
and later in Novem- 
ber, when the Record- 
ing Secretary of the 
Association visited 
Porto Rico, a large 
consignment of deli- 
cacies and general 
supplies were sent to 
the General Hospital 
at Ponce on the U. S. Transport Berlin. They arrived duly and were 
promptly delivered by the special courtesy of General Guy V. Henry, 
then at Ponce. At the same time, to the care of the Recording Secretary, 
were sent nine comfort bags through Mrs. Mary Lowe Dickinson, and 
to her also was entrusted to be spent for sick soldiers in Porto Rico, by 



Courlesy of Mrs. M. H. IViUard. 

VIEW AT MONTAUK. 


103 


the Poughkeepsie Auxiliary, fifty dollars, by the Staten Island Auxiliary, fifty 
dollars, and by Mrs. and Miss Andrews, five dollars. In response to a letter 
arriving from Ponce about this time telling of certain urgent needs, $54.10 of 
this money was expended for ice bags, ice helmets, hot water bags, syringes, 
combs, and tooth brushes, which with the comfort bags were safely delivered 
to the hospital in Ponce where they were required, and the remainder, $45.95, 
was used for the purchase at the commissary department in San Juan, Porto 
Rico, of delicacies which were sent to the General Hospital at San 
J nan. 

About the first week in October Mrs. Walworth returned to Montauk 
for a few days and gathered the remaining supplies which had been inven- 
toried and left in one of the supply tents. These were packed in boxes and 
barrels and sent to the Yellow Fever Hospital at Santiago. 

A decision had been reached by the Board of Directors to send a represent- 
ative to Santiago with twenty-five hundred dollars worth of supplies, a steam 
launch costing twelve hundred and fifty dollars having preceded this contribu- 
tion for the use of the Yellow Fever Hospital in Santiago Bay. In the event 
of the recovery of her daughter Mrs. Walworth had offered her services to go 
to Cuba and carry out the same plan as that pursued at Fortress Monroe and 
Montauk. Later it was found necessary to send another representative to 
Santiago, and the supplies sent from Montauk, together with others purchased 
under Miss Gould’s supervision in New York, were forwarded on the trans- 
port Port Victor, to Santiago, where they were finally consigned to General 
Leonard Wood for distribution in the Yellow Fever Hospital, and such other 
hospitals as might be in immediate need. The work of the Association was 
continued at the hospitals about the port of New York, and in the country 
hospitals which had been selected or equipped by the Assistant Director Gen- 
eral, until the first day of December, when all work was closed and a request 
was made by the Director General that all bills should be sent in to the 
Treasurer and no further expenses incurred except under especial appropria- 
tions previously made by the Board of Directors. The work at Camp Wal- 
worth had been discontinued on November 30th, and the first day of Decem- 
ber found the Association in condition to close definitely and satisfactorily 
the work opened on the 21st day of April, 1898. 

The final report of the work of these months could not ^e prepared until 
this point was reached. The Recording Secretary, Miss Anne Rhodes, 
initiated the effort to collect material for this report from the auxiliaries and 


104 


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officers, but November 14th she sailed for Porto Rico, where, although oil 
a pleasure trip, she still did good work for the Association with the same 
zeal and discretion that characterized her efforts from the day she consented 
to become an officer. Her unusual business and literary ability were ever 
inspired with an ardent patriotism ; and in Porto Rico no opportunity escaped 
her to gain information of practical methods for assistance to be rendered on 
the spot or, later, upon her return to New York. Upon her depart- 
ure for Porto Rico the task of compilation fell upon the Director 
General, who issued repeated sets of letters asking for data, and 
endeavored to gather illustrations which would add to the interest of the 
report which is necessarily largely in the form of statistics and lists. Her 
private secretary, Miss E. Lilian Todd, has given most valuable assistance 
in the preparation of this report, and attention should also be called to the 
careful work of the private secretary of Miss Gould, Miss Helen Northrop, 
whose anxiety for the welfare of the Association has rendered her untiring 
in her efforts for its success. The Association is greatly indebted to Mr. 
Prentice of Brooklyn for use of his cottage at Montauk. 

The following resolution, presented by Senator Hutchinson, was 
adopted by the Legislature of New Jersey, January 31, 1899; 

“ Whereas, It is but proper that the State of New Jersey take cogniz- 
ance of the noble efforts of the women of our nation, whose kindly presence, 
helpful thoughts and deeds did so much to soften the rigors of official 
action and the hardships of war; therefore, 

“ Resolved, The House of Assembly concurring, that the State of New 
Jersey fully appreciates and in gratitude recognizes the great work done by 
the Women’s National War Relief Association in mitigation of the hardships 
encountered by the New Jersey Volunteers in the late war with Spain, 
whether in New Jersey regiments or in the regular Army or the Navy; 

“ Resolved, That to Mrs. Washington A. Roebling, the representative 
of New Jersey in the said Association, the special thanks of Jerseymen are 
due, not only for the zeal and broad charity given to the general work of the 
Association, but for the special efforts to discover and aid such volunteers 
from our State as were not under the view of our State authorities by 
reason of the service in the regular army or in regiments of other States. 

Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the Women’s 
National War Relief Association, and to Mrs. Washington A. Roebling.” 

Respectfully submitted, 

Ellen Hardin Walworth. 


105 


3ti QYlemortam 


At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Women’s 
National War Relief Association, held at the Windsor Hotel, 
Friday, December 23d, at two o’clock, the following Resolution 
was adopted : 

Resolved, That in the death of Mrs. Charles H. Raymond, 
Treasurer of the Women’s National War Relief Association, 
this Association has sustained an irreparable loss. 

As an officer she displayed extraordinary ability, care and 
promptness, and was untiring in her loyalty and devotion, 
attending every meeting held by the Directors and the Asso- 
ciation. 

As a patriot her enthusiasm was active in considering the 
welfare of the sick and wounded soldiers and sailors, and her 
generosity was marked. 

In every relation of life we knew her to exercise high and 
noble qualities of character, which render her death a calamity 
to her friends and community, as well as to this Association 
which honors her memory ; and 

Resolved, That this resolution be spread upon the 
minutes of the Association, and a copy be sent to her family. 

. Emily Warren Roebling, 

Chairman Committee. 

By order of the Board of Directors. 


New York, December 23, 1898. 



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SANTIAGO— GENERAL VIEW. 





(Keporf of f^e ^faten 36fanb (^u;rtftarg. 

This branch was organized in May, 1898, shortly after the breaking out 
of the war, by the Woman’s Club of Richmond County. The membership, 
however, was immediately extended beyond that organization, and a plan was 
formulated to include the entire Borough of Richmond. 

Officers; 


Mrs. Wilbur Fiske Wood Presidefit. 

Mrs. George F. Hicks Vice-President. 

Miss Elizabeth B. Curtis Secretary. 

Mrs. C. C. Overton Treasurer. 


Heads of committees were at once appointed to canvass the Island for 
funds, each committee having in charge one of the organizations, or group of 
organizations, in the Borough. The amount raised, and the uses to which it 
was put will be found in the accompanying Treasurer’s report. A word should 
be said in praise of Miss H. E. Bogert, the capable press superintendent, and 
of Mrs. William Tompkins, who filled the Secretary’s place during the absence 
of that oflficer. 


Treasurer’s Report. 


Woman’s Club Auxiliary $220 90 

S. R. Smith Infirmary 32 50 

Fortnightly Club 11 00 

Churches, S. S. Schools, Young People’s Societies 188 77 

Public Schools, Private, Parochial 246 82 

King’s Sons and Daughters 2 00 

Managers of Home for Destitute Children 8 00 

Social Clubs 66 60 

Day Nurseries 3 00 

Factories 135 85 

Trolley roads 23 50 

Firemen 38 00 

Breweries 110 05 

“Snug Harbor” 1 00 

Miss Lalla Baldwin Morton’s Chain 33 20 

Borough Officers 8 00 

Returned by Miss Curtis 2 00 

Amount of expenses deducted by Mrs. Schnarr $5 00 

To Miss Curtis for postage, etc 5 00 

Paid National Treasurer, through Miss Rhodes 25 00 

June 18th, check sent National Treasurer 475 00 

August 22d, check sent National Treasurer 600 00 

Sept. 9th, check sent Mrs. D. L. Yale, Montauk 25 00 

Balance on hand, Nov. 9, 1898 96 19 


$1,131 19 $1,131 19 


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[Plan of work on Staten Island.] 

WOMAN’S national WAR RELIEF ASSOCIATION. 

STATEN ISLAND AUXILIARIES. 


Mrs. Wilbur Fiske Wood, 
Chairman. 


Exectitive Committee. 

Miss Elizabeth B. Curtis, 

Cor. Secretary. 

Mrs. C. C. Overton, 

Treasurer. 

9. Diet Kitchen. 

10. Managers of Home for Destitute Children. 

11. Social Clubs. 

12. Day Nurseries. 

13. Factories. 

14. Police Department. 

15. Trolley Roads. 

16. Firemen. 

17. Breweries. 


1. Woman’s Club of Staten Island. 

2. Women of the S. R. Smith Infirmary. 

3. Fortnightly Club. 

4. Churches, S. S. Schools, Young People’s 

Societies. 

5. Public Schools, Private, Parochial. 

6. King’s Sons and Daughters. 

7. Y. M. C. A. Women’s Auxiliary. 

8. W. C. T. U. 

18. Snug Harbor. 

Each of these auxiliaries has a representation in the Executive Committee, 
meetings and receive reports. 


Have weekly 


(geporf of ^^tf^armontc ^octcfg (^uriftarg. 

Officers; 

Mrs. Thomas H. Newman President. 

Mrs. Ashbel P. Fitch First Vice-President. 

Mrs. Lucien C. Warner Second Vice-President. 

Mrs. Jacob Shrady Recording Secretary. 

Mrs. Wm. Renssalaer Lloyd Corresponding Secretary. 

Mrs. Isaac Mills Treasurer. 

Treasurer’s Report. 

June 10th $230.00 

June 17th 50.00 

June 24th 50.00 

August 16 th 80.00 

Balance in Mt. Morris Bank 57.23 


Total amount forwarded to National Treasurer $467.28 


(Report of f^e (glargaref (pascaf ‘(Birfs’i Cfu6. 

The members of the Margaret Pascal Girls’ Club had the honor to fill 
Roll No. 1 for the Women’s National War Relief Association work. 

In October the same girls made a comfort bag, which they also equipped 
fully, to be sent to an army officer in Cuba who had asked for such a 
necessary article. This was sent through Mrs. Russell Sage, who contributed 
a handsome jack knife. 


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(Report of '‘feifffe (^en an^» OTomen of '76/' (jSrooftfpn, (Tt. 

Children of the American Revolution. 

Officers for 1897 - 1898 . 


Mrs. John V. B. Thayer President. 

Mrs. Franklin W. Hopkins Vice-President. 

Miss Elsie White Hopkins Treasurer. 

Miss Beatrice Thayer Secretary. 

Miss Anna D. Wight Registrar. 


This Society, whose officers and members are all descendants of Revolu- 
tionary Patriots, upon the declaration of war between the United States and 
Spain, determined to be among the first to raise funds for the relief of the 
brave men who were to risk their lives for the honor of our glorious country 
and the cause of humanity. 

Only a short time remained before the young people would be obliged 
to separate for the summer, so it was decided to hold a Costume Bazaar on 
May 14th, 1898, at the Parish House of Holy Trinity Church, Brooklyn. 
Four periods in our National history were represented, namely. Colonial, 
Revolutionary, Civil War and the Present, and the enthusiasm of all was so 
great, that besides furnishing a most instructive and enjoyable entertainment, 
the sum of $175 was realized. As the Vice-President of “ Little Men and 
Women of ’76 ” was a member of the executive board of the Women’s 
National War Relief Association, it was decided to send the money through 
that channel, and as an urgent demand for delicacies for the sick in southern 
camps had just been received, the money was put to immediate use. Mrs. 
S. V. White, promoter of “ Children of the American Revolution,” during the 
summer raised the amount to $200, and at the autumn meeting of “ Little 
Men and Women of ’76 ” five dollars was voted from the treasury. This, 
with a final $2 secured by Mrs. White, made a total of $207 raised by these 
patriotic young people. 

Mrs. White attended all meetings of the Association held in May, June, 
July and August, distributed Registration Rolls to a large number of women 
who promised co-operation, and brought to Fort Greene Chapter (D. A. R.) a 
strong appeal. Individual members of the Chapter took hold of the work 
with most earnest patriotism, as the effort made by Mrs. Will Carleton, 
Mrs. Charles A. Hoyt, Mrs. J. S. T. Stranahan and others will testify. 
Mrs. White made several visits to Camp Black, and, it is believed, was instru- 
mental in securing the general order for board floors in the tents of the 
private soldiers. She also visited Camp Wikoff, and assisted in establishing 
headquarters for the Director-General and her corps of assistants. Owing 


to that visit to Montauk Point, and to the energy and eloquence of Mrs. 
Washington A. Roebling, the Committee feels it had some hand in awaken- 
ing the women of East Hampton, who from that time became potent factors 
in the War Relief work. 

(ReiJorf of ^lon anb ^tmof^^ (^unfiarg. 

Mrs. Henry Lubeck and Mrs. J. T. Worthington were the officers in 
this auxiliary. Nothing was attempted outside of raising money, the total 
amount of cash forwarded to the treasurer of the Association being $220.25. 
A complete record was not kept of subscribers, but the names of those 
giving $1 or more will be found in the National list of members. 

(Report of f^e HTeef ^t^)e (^urifiarp. 

The West Side Local Committee was formed as an auxiliary of the 
W. N. W. R. Association May 12th, 1898, when a number of ladies living in 
the region between 59th and 110th streets, Central Park and Riverside Drive, 
met at the residence of Mrs. Eugene Prayer, 328 W. 104th street, to con- 
sult as to the manner in which they could aid the work of the W. N. W. R. 
Association. 

The meeting resulted in the election of Mrs. Abby Sage Richardson, 
Chairman and Corresponding Secretary, and Miss Alice Howard Cady, Record- 
ing Secretary and Treasurer, assisted by an executive committee formed princi- 
pally of ladies representing in some way the different churches in the locality. 

This committee and its officers held in all only six meetings, the last on 
June IG, 1898. In the course of these meetings a plan was formed to thor- 
oughly canvass the West Side for subscriptions to the Registration Rolls pro- 
vided by the central society, this canvass to be made by means of sub- 
committees, under the general direction of the executive. 

Meanwhile the members succeeded in raising various sums, the total 
amount being $228.80, which was sent to the headquarters of the Association. 

After the final meeting, June 16, 1898, most of the ladies were called 
from the city to their homes in the country. On leaving town each took with 
her a Registration roll to collect whatever was possible during the summer. 
The amount thus collected, in various sums from $5 to $15, was $51.50, 
which was sent to headquarters, and, added to the amount previously men- 
tioned, makes a total of $280.30. 

At a supplementary meeting held Oct. 18th, at the house of Mrs. 
Prayer, this report was submitted and approved, and the auxiliary disbanded. 



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Officers: 


Miss Lucretia Hart Clay Chairman. 

Mrs. a. Scovell Secretary. 

Mrs. Hart Boswell Treasurer. 


In the latter part of May, Miss Lucretia Hart Clay was appointed 
Chairman of a local committee, with authority to appoint officers and form 
an auxiliary to the National Association. Being a member of a patriotic 
society, the Lexington Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, 
she, in accordance with Article IV., Sec. 2 of the Constitution, extended to 
that organization the opportunity of assisting in the work of alleviating the 
sufferings of the heroic officers, soldiers and sailors engaged in the war with 
Spain. At a meeting called for the purpose she brought the matter before 
the Lexington Chapter and received authority to work under the auspices of 
that organization, and at the same time had a Secretary of Registration and 
a Treasurer elected. 

The first work of the Local Committee was to establish a desk at the 
Public Library, where it was understood that a member of the Chapter would 
be present every day except Sundays between the hours of 11 A. M. and 1 
P. M,, to register the names of those who wished to become members of the 
Auxiliary and receive their contributions. 

On the second day of July the sum of forty-seven dollars, collected dur- 
ing the month of June, was transmitted by the Treasurer of the local com- 
mittee to the Treasurer of the National Association. This amount, together 
with the registration fee of the Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer, one dollar 
each, previously forwarded, made in all fifty dollars for the month of June. 
On the 30th of July thirty-five dollars, collected during that month, was 
sent to the National Association, making eighty-five dollars for the months 
of June and July. In August the sum of five dollars was sent, making in all 
ninety dollars collected by the Lexington Auxiliary of the “Women’s National 
War Relief Association.” 

There were tw’o War Relief Associations in the city besides this one, 
the “Children of the American Revolution,” working for the National Associ- 
ation of the C. A. R., and the citizens had many calls upon them, owing to 
the fact that the volunteers in the mustering camps in the vicinity of the 
city were inadequately supplied with even the necessaries of life, and in 
many instances were furnished with food and clothing, the sick especially, 
by the men and women of Lexington. 


(Keporf of (King’s ©aug^fers. 

As an organization, the International Order of The King’s Daughtersand 
Sons did not at any time become auxiliary to any relief association. Yet the 
aggregate of its services, offered independently or through local organizations 
throughout the country, shows that it was not behind in practical expression 
of patriotism. 

In response to the call of the Women’s National War Relief Association, 
its Circles and individual members responded as indicated by the following 
statement : 

As far as known, the first separate Circle to enroll for relief work was 
the“ Speakwell Chapter,” connected with the Church of Zion and St. Timothy, 
in New York City. Its clothing bureau and grocery closet for the needy, its 
memorial fund for the burial of the dead, its nursing, hospital and visiting 
work, would lead naturally to the expectation that it would be among the 
first to rally to meet the needs of our soldiers in camps and hospitals. At 
the first meeting at which the subject was mentioned, the women responded 
with a donation of over $20.00, which was paid direct to the Treasurer of 
the Women’s National War Relief Association, and appointed Mrs. Henry 
Lubeck, the wife of the rector, as its representative in that Association. 
Later contributions so paid into the treasury are not included in this report. 

From the first appeal, which appeared in the Silver Cross for electric 
fans for the hospital ship “ Relief,” the following is quoted; 

“ We are sending after the boys who have already gone southward, the 
blessings of our constant prayers. If we could send also cool breezes like 
those from their Northern homes— the fresh air that would revive them in 
times of suffering and exhaustion, would it not be a lovely thing to do?” 
This request brought $240.54, most of it from those to whom even the 
small sums sent meant sacrifice. 

The letters accompanying the gifts would make a charming little story, 
did space permit. The very first response said, “ Send the fans to our boys, 
by all means. If we, who are well, feel the need of them at home, how 
much more those who are suffering from wounds and fever down there in 
those tropical waters. Here is the first two dollars. \\ ho will send the next? 

Two children wrote; “ We are two little girls, and not yet members of 
the Order, but we send $10 toward the electric fans for the “ Relief.” 

Another letter says, “ I wish it was in our power to pour a shower of 
crreenbacks into this Relief Association, that should be plentiful and bright 
as the leaves of Autumn.” 


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Another, sending $15, adds, “ Our Circle is only too glad to give the 
money for such a cause.” \ 

One girl writes: “Enclosed find an order for $10, which I have 
collected for the electric fans. Two little friends of mine were so successful, 
that I thought I would try, as 1 wanted to do .something to hell) our brave boys 
at the front. I work all day, and have only about two hours in the evening 
to myself, so I do not wait to do more, but send you this money at once.” 

The P^lizabeth Circle, a home Circle composed of members of one house- 
hold, in Ohio, sent $2 toward the fans. 'I'he mother writes: “ My little 



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SANTIAQO-PALACE, HEADQUARTERS OF U. S. COMMANDANT. 

boys picked and sold cherries for their share. We long to do more for our 
soldiers. We shall do what we can by writing to our village volunteers, and 
shall send papers and other articles to them and to the Christian Commi.ssion.” 

With another gift came the following: “ It is my habit, whenever indulg- 
ing in some special pleasure, to put aside the same amount of money, or a 
little more, for some benevolent object. Then if both cannot be taken uj), 
the pleasure is relinquished. In this case,” she adds, “ I enjoy giving both 
the pleasure fund and the benevolent fund to the h'an Relief, and I am so 
much interested that both amounts seem given for pleasure.” 


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One Shut-in sends her twenty-five cents to put her name on the Member- 
ship Roll of the Women’s National War Relief Association, adding, “My 
father was a soldier in the Civil War. I know the full meaning of it all,” 

These extracts might be multiplied. 

It will readily be seen that the amount of money contributed through 
the Women’s National War Relief Association does not fairly represent the 
interest or sympathy of the Order with our sick or suffering soldiers. The 
Order’s record abounds with evidence of good work done in this cause in 
nearly every State of the Union. Although the proceeds passed naturally 
through local channels, yet much of the effort was inspired by the appeals of 
the Order in behalf of the W. N. W. R. A., and may properly be mentioned 
in this report. For example, the St. John’s Circle of Richmond, sent through 
this Association only Si5, yet their report mentions S72 spent in other direc- 
tions. No mention is made of the numerous lists reported as sent direct to 
one camp or another, d hey include everything from food and medicine to 
flannel bands, postage stamps, pencils, and pipes, pajamas, bedding and 
Bibles. While nothing is mentioned chat has not been reported, yet many 
Circles stated that they were too busy raising funds and supplies even to take 
the time to tell about it. 

In Charleston, S. C., the State Secretary issued a special call to all the 
Circles to come together to plan for hospital work among the soldiers. 
Among many other things, they furnished great quantities of excelsior 
pillows. 

The Circle of Willing Workers in San Francisco, California, raised it^450 
with which they purchased a fine ambulance, which went out to Manila with 
the first regiment of California Volunteers on the “City of Peking,” the first 
vessel to sail from our shores to reinforce Admiral Dewey. 

One of our Circles at Des Moines was the first to start the flag presenta- 
tion movement. They presented the handsomest and the only distinctly 
regulation flags that were given to the soldiers from that city, to the 51st 
Iowa Regiment. The City Union of Des Moines gave itself up to work for 
the Sanitary Commission. 

The Circle connected with Clarendon Street Baptist Church of Boston did 
an unusual amount of work in the line of comfort bags and provisions. 

By some members of the Order in the District of Columbia, Testaments 
were delivered to the soldiers at the Washington Arsenal before they started 
for the Philippines. 

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Medical Director Hloodgood acknowledged most valuable hospital sup- 
plies from The King’s Daughters of Duraiul, Mich. 

Canadian women begged to be allowed, at least, to take a few stitches 
for the “ noble American sailor boys.” 

The list of work done by the Circle in I.onsdale, R. 1., is too long for 
mention, but not too long to be held in grateful memory by those who 
shared the results of their labors. 



SAN JUAN, PORTO RICO— CHURCH. 

IN POSSESSION OF UNITED STATES AUTHORITIES. 

The Circle in Milford, Pa., turned its mind from the sending of clothing 
and groceries to The King’s Daughters’ settlement in New York City, to 
the providing of comfort bags, literature and cash for the soldiers and 
sailors. 

What to Do Circle, Woodstock, Vt., sent $15 to the regular soldiers at 
Port Kthan Allen. Dr. Tisson reported that $9 of it was used for blankets 
which were needed for the sick men, and $(5 for medicine and nourishing 
food. I'hey also sent $8 to the Red Cross Society. 

In Edgar County, 111., during the summer, the Circles were actively 
engaged in working for the comfort of the soldiers and sailors. 


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In the town of Vermont, 111., a very wideawake. Circle has been 
earnestly working for Cuban relief and for our own soldiers’ relief, as well 
as for the Silver Cross Hospital at Joliet. 

As far as we know, the Circle in Murphysboro, Southern Illinois, was 
the earliest donor in the State to the fund for electric fans. In this work 
also, Springfield, Nashville, Galesburgh, Cairo and Sparta had a share. 

In Sparta, after the first detachment of soldiers going south had passed 
through the place, the Circle, which consists of forty-five working girls, 
learned that they had had no dinner. When the next detachment passed 
through, they found ready and waiting for them not only good lunches, but 
pleasant looks and cheery words to speed them on their way. 

At Ardmore, Pa., the members of the Order, most of whom are work- 
ing girls, took time out of their working days, for which they would have 
been paid, to work for the soldiers. 

The King’s Daughters of Port Huron sent supplies to Island Lake for 
the sick in the State troops quartered there. 

The Order in Grace M. E. Church of Troy, New York, gave itself to 
the furnishing of literature. 

The Charity Circle of Peoria worked with untiring efforts for the benefit 
of Company G of the Fifth Regiment of their own State. 

The Rockford boys at the front were cared for by the Circle of Rock- 
ford, 111. 

The Sons of Asbury M. E. Church worked hard to supply suitable litera- 
ture for the Camp. 

Sunshine Circle of Wilmington, Del., reports efforts in behalf of one of 
the Delaware Companies. 

Whatsoever Circle of Rhinebeck, N. Y., aided in caring for the graves 
of the “ Maine ” dead at Key West. 

Among the Circles very active with pajamas, bandages, comfort bags, 
tablets, etc., should be mentioned especially those of Lebanon, Pa., the 
Reflecting Circle of New York City, the Opportunity Circle of Brooklyn, 
the Persevering Circle of Kenwood, and many others, making a list longer 
than we can hope to mention. The stories that have come from members of 
the Order in connection with work for the Army and Navy are, many of 
them, of intense interest. There is only room for one. From the wife of 
the Post Chaplain, Fort McPherson, Ga., came the following: 

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SAN JUAN, PORTO RICO— BUILDING USED AS HOSPITAL. 



“ My daughter, a young lady, my little daughter and myself, have formed 
ourselves into a Circle of three, and we are working ‘ In His Name.’ My 
daughter and I assist in religious services and visit the sick and wounded in 
the hospital. Most of the supplies come to our house, and we see that they 
are given out rightly. Our hearts are full of sympathy for the brave boys 
wasting in hospitals of fever, many of whom haven’t the privilege of feeling 
that they have fought for their country. We have wounded from Santiago, 
and many sick from Tampa and Chickamaga. Typhoid fever has carried 
off many, and many are still seriously ill. Yesterday morning we served 
breakfast to twenty-seven convalescents and sent breakfast and milk toast to 
eight in the hospital and chicken broth for eight. We distribute undercloth- 
ing, night shirts, socks, shoes, slippers, anything, everything. We 
have now (July 30) about seven hundred sick and wounded in this 
hospital. The convalescent are in tents. The men are grateful, and 
give us many expressions of their appreciation of the little sunshine we 
can throw in their way. This post is a rendezvous for the regular army. 
It is expected that it will have six thousand men in it all the time until fall. 
Here also are situated the general hospital for the sick and wounded from the 
front, and a prison for Spanish and other prisoners. According to the cus- 
toms of the service, a man isn’t admitted to the hospital unless so sick as to 
be put to bed. For those sick in quarters no provision is made. They must 
get along as well as they can. From June to July 22nd the Chaplain of the 
Regiment had taken over si.x hundred total abstinence pledges. He has 
taken over five hundred pledges against gambling, and ninety-five have 
given their names to be forwarded to home pastors for membership in 
churches. And yet this religious work was only a small part of his oppor- 
tunity to serve the men. He was a source of information for them, attended 
to their business, received and forwarded express matter, indorsed letters so 
that they could be sent without prepayment of postage, etc. But his chief work 
in which this little Circle of women had a share, that took most of their time, 
was the care of the sick men in the hospital, comforting and inspiring them 
with hope and confidence, as he sat by their side writing their letters on the 
edge of their cots.” 

While conscious that the Order might have done much more, it is felt 
that its work proves that its members were not indifferent to the call of 
humanity, and that the same spirit that leads them into the hospitals and 
tenement houses and down to the depths of sorrow in times of peace made 
them at least of some slight service during the suffering and distress of war. 


CONTRIBUTIONS FOR ELECTRIC FANS 


Brookline, Mass., Mrs. F. P. Ver 

Planck $2 00 

“ A Friend" 2 00 

Newark, N. J., A. G 2 00 

Hartford, Conn., Mrs. E. H. Pem- 

ber, Mrs. H. D. Tracy 2 00 

Kenwood, N. Y., The Persevering 

Circle 5 00 

Green Castle, Pa., Miss Sydney Nill 10 00 

N. Y. City, Mrs. Julia Bergmann . 5 00 

Gibbsboro, N. J. , Cheerful Workers 

Circle 15 00 

Huntsville, Ala., Willing Circle, 

Pres. Ch 2 00 

Rosemont, Pa., Miss E. C. Morris . 3 00 

Emma Farr, Philadelphia, Pa. . . 2 00 

Hartford, Ct 3 00 

Greenwood, S. C 50 

Readville, Mass., L. C. Downing . 2 00 

Haverhill, Mass., Helping Circle . . 5 00 

Swan Creek, O., Whatsoever Circle 1 00 

Reading, Pa., Mary K. A. Stone . 1 00 

Chicago, 111., Amabel Circle .... 2 00 

Great Bend, Kan., Ada N. Atkinson 2 00 

Richmond, Va., St. John’s Circle, $72 

spent at home 5 00 

Freetown, Mass., one of the King’s 

Daughters 2 00 

Charleston, S. C. , Mizpah Circle . . 1 00 

Ivoryton, Ct. , Beacon Light Circle 3 00 

Mrs. H. P. Knapp 5 00 

Gibbsboro, N. J. , Sunbeam Circle . 3 00 

Brooklyn, N. Y., Do a Little Circle 3 00 

Newport, R. I., through Lottie, Ed- 
dy and Helen L. Stoddard .... 10 00 

Cheshire, Ct, S. C. P 5 00 

Colorado, one of the King’s Daughters 1 00 

Mt. Morris, N. Y., Palm Strewers 

Circle 5 00 

“A Friend ’’ 1 00 

N. Y. City, Miss Bessie Booman . . 1 00 


Binghamton, N. Y., Lookout Cirele 2 00 
Kansas City, Mo., Ever Ready Circle 1 00 
Holyoke, Mass. , Opportunity Circle 8 00 
N. Y. City, Woman’s Patriotic League 


of Washington Heights 5 00 

N. Y. City 1 00 

Andover, Mass., Courteous Circle . 10 00 


Hartford, Conn. ; In His Name Circle $10 00 


Newport, R. I., through Miss Lilias 

Ritchie 10 45 

Clementon, N. J. , Try Company of 

M. E. Church 2 00 

North Haverhill, Mass., Opportunity 

Circle 2 00 

Charleston, S. C., Chancel Circle . 1 50 

North Haven, Ct, Mizpah Circle , 5 00 

West Elizabeth, Pa., Golden Rule 

Circle 5 00 

Nashville, 111., Service Circle ... 1 59 

Pittsfield, Mass., Whatsoever Circle 1 00 

Shelter Island Heights, N. Y., Oppor- 


Fullerton, Cal., M. A. Ware .... 4 00 

Cincinnati, O., In His Steps Circle 2 30 
Sangerville, Me., Watch and Work 

Circle 3 00 

N. Y. City, Miss Alviria Maud ... 1 00 

Brooklyn, N. Y. , Mrs. Mary L. West- 
brook 975 

Staten Island, N. Y., thiough Mrs. 

Chas. Metcalfe 2 00 

Richmond, Va., Williams Memorial 

Circle 5 00 

Philadelphia, Pa., Miss Katie Gedd- 

ner 2 00 

Sayville, N. Y., Lend a Hand Circle 5 00 

Hoosick Falls, N. Y., through Mrs. 

D. D. Hurd 5 00 

Boston, Mass. , one of the King’s 

Daughters 30 

Hallsville O., Elizabeth Circle . . 2 00 

Winfield, Kan., Mrs. Marie F. Pier- 
son 1 00 

Vineland, N. J., Royal Helpers Circle 1 00 

Jersey City, N. J., Unknown Work- 
ers Circle 3 00 

Charleston, S. C., The Friend in 

Need Circle 1 00 

South Lyons, N. Y., Whatsoever 

Circle 2 30 

St. Francis, Minn. , St. Francis Circle 2 00 

Ypsilanti, Mich., two memberships 50 

Jeanette Waterbury 25 


Total for Electric Fans .... $240 54 


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War Rki.ikk Contributions. 


Chicago, 111., Mrs. Mary H. Good- 
win $1') 00 

Murphysboro, 111., Mrs. Mary H. 

Goodwin 5 00 

Sparta, Springfield, Nashville, Cairo, 

111 5 00 

North Wilmot, N. H., Whatsoever 

Circle 8 00 

Dover, N. H., Miss S. M. Littlefield 2 00 
Amherst, N. H., Marguerite Circle 8 80 
Stewartstown, N. H., Miss Sarah 

Converse 25 

Battle Creek, Mich., through Mrs. N. 

H. Hopkins 7 25 

Washington, D. C., Hattie H. Fague 25 

Limerick, Me., S. S. class little boys 5 00 
Milford, Pa , Miss Fanny Craft . . 1 25 

Louisville. Ky., Miss E. McKnight 75 


Through The Christmn Herald for 
soldiers’ hospital supplies .... 21 50 

St. Francis, Minn., Bertha L. Delvendahl . 
Brooklyn, N. Y., Opportunity Circle . . . . 
Montowese, Conn., Golden Rule Circle . . . 
South Orange, N. J., Mission Band .... 
Poughkeepsie, N. Y. , Mrs. A. J. Ketcham . 
Chatsworth, 111 , The Cup Bearers 


Sutton, N. H p $5 00 

Portland, Ore 5 00 

Lancaster, N. Y., Epiphanj’ and Miz- 

pah Circles ' 1 00 

Nutley, N. J., Mr.s. L. F. Fallon (for 

ice fund) 5 00 

Ashtabula, N. Y., County Union . . 4 00 

Wilsonville, Conn., Earnest Workers 8 00 

Charleston, S. C 1 00 

Grafton, N. H 8 00 

Bainbridge, Ga 1 80 

Roll No 2, 9 members 1 75 

4, 5 “ 1 25 

“ 5, 18 “ 9 25 

“ 7, 40 “ 10 00 

“ 8, 18 “ 10 00 

85 “ 8 75 


For General Supplies and fromRolls $188 85 


. . 1 package flannel bands 
50 flannel bands, 50 pajamas 

20 comfort bags 

.... comfort bags 

12 comfort bags 

9 comfort bags 


Treasurer’s Report. 


June 8, 1898, contributed for an entertainment $35 00 

do. do. do. 15 00 

June 27 00 00 

June 27 100 00 

July 26 9 00 

August 7 10 00 


Total receipts as per enclosed account 


$229 00 
200 39 

$429 39 


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(Report of (Saef grange (^urifiarg. 

Three hundred circulars were printed and mailed through a donation for 
the purpose by Mrs. G. W. B. Cushing, of East Orange. Notices were 
published in all Orange and East Orange papers and one Newark paper. An 
appeal was made to the congregation of Christ Church, East Orange, by the 
Rector. Subscription rolls were placed in Christ Church, also in five shops 
and two private schools. An address was made on behalf of the work to the 
Woman’s Club of Orange, on the occasion of its second meeting in October. 
The result of these appeals, and of a personal canvass, was as follows: 


Receipts : 

Registration Rolls S2H To 

Mrs. C. F. Pinkham 10 00 

Mrs. O. F. Lochrke 5 00 

J. J. McCoy 5 00 

Mrs. Cushing T 00 

Mrs. I. E. Gates 5 00 

Mrs. R. C. Browning .o 00 

Mrs. Stewart Hartshorne 5 00 

Miss M. C. Smith 2 00 

By 25-cent collections 2 00 


Total amount raised $74 75 


Expenditures : 

For printing and mailing circulars . $ 5 00 
For case of Private Joseph Sherlock . 10 00 
For case of Private Fred Foster, sent 


home 3 00 

Sent to Miss Cooper, for sick soldiers . 5 00 

Fruit for sick soldiers 62 

To National Treasurer 50 75 


Total expenditures $74 37 

Balance on hand 38 


$74.75 


The names of those contributing one dollar and over, credited (by 


mistake) on the subscription rolls, are: 

Mrs C. F. Prescott ■ $1 00 

Mrs C. Sexton 1 00 

Mrs. T. S. Starkey 2 00 

Mrs. W N. Trusdell (in addition to membership fee) 1 00 

Miss IM. E. Lathrop 2 00 


Supplies were contributed in the Sherlock case by Mrs. W. N. Trusdell, 
viz. : 2 sheets, 2 night shirts, bottle of brandy, and by D. Osborne & Co., 
one bottle of brandy. 

The work of Miss Marion C. Smith, in addition to the collections, was as 
follows : 


Six hospitals in this vicinity were canvassed for beds for the use of the 
Association, and report made to Dr. Gallant. 

Private Joseph Sherlock, Sixth U. S. Cavalry, who died at his home in 
Newark on September 30th, was regularly visited and nurses and supplies 
provided, chiefly at the expense of the Association, and partly as heretofore 
specified. 

Private Foster, First D. C. Volunteers, was visited at the Newark City 
Hospital, and funds supplied for his journey home. 


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The case of an army surgeon, a stranger here, in the New York Hospital 
(name withheld by request), was reported to Dr. Gallant, and through this 
report a convalescent home found for him with a member of the Association. 

A comic reading was given to convalescents at Camp Walworth. 

J’atients were visited at four hospitals, slight personal services rendered 
to soldiers at other places, and small contributions made of food and books. 

Assistance was rendered by Mrs. J. J. McCoy, who did some active 
collecting, and by Ethel Forde Hillyer, ten years old, who collected at 
school and acted as messenger. 

(Report of (B>fen Cope (^upifiarp. 

The papers received from the main Association were wholly devoted to 
raising money by 25-cent subscriptions. Owing to approaching summer, 
and many persons away, Mrs. Edmund Wetmore remained the only officer. 
The sum of '^75,00 collected by her at Glen Cove, and from friends, was for- 
warded in July to the Treasurer of the Association, with the rolls containing 
signatures of contributors, 

(Report of (^ff ^oufe ((Unitarian) (^upiftarp. 

The All Souls (Unitarian) Auxiliary, 811 Lexington Avenue, New York 
City, was formed at a meeting held on June 2 , 1898, to work under the 
direction of the Women’s National War Relief Association. 

Officers: 


Miss Elizabeth Marquand Chairman. 

Mrs. George R. Bishop Secretary. 

Miss Katherine W. Sew all Treasurer. 


Thirty-six of the Association’s Registration Rolls were taken by the 
members of the Committee for distribution. The Treasurer was requested to 
remit all subscriptions sent to this comrrtitteeto the National Treasurer of the 
Women’s National War Relief Association. 

At the second meeting of the Local Committee held on July 6, 1898, 
the names of the additional members of the committee were; Miss Caroline 
A. Wilco.x, Mrs. Effingham Maynard, Mrs. Albert M. Smithe, Mrs. O. P. C. 
Billings, and Miss Emily Clark Poor. The membership fees of ij'l each were 
reported to have been paid in full. 

No more meetings were held until October 18, 1898. On this day the 
total receipts from June 2, to Oct. 18, 1898, were reported ; 


Total amount forwarded to National Treasurer $891 55 

Balance in hand 55 


$892 10 


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On July 18, 1898, a donation of preserves and delicacies had been offered 
to Miss Marquand for the Women’s National War Relief Association, by the 
Erie Preserving Co. of Buffalo. This offer was accepted ; Mrs. Hebbard K. 
Brown, of the Association’s Supply Committee, received the donation. 

In August, one hundred and eight suits of pajamas, seventy-four flannel 
bands, thirteen kmit bands, and three night shirts were sent to the Supply 
Committee. 

(Report of (JUounf (Pernon (^unfiarp. 

On June 6th a mass meeting was called at Willard Hall, Mount Vernon, 
for the purpose of organizing an association to give relief and succor to our 
soldiers at home and abroad. No plans were formed previous to this meeting 
as to how or by whom such work should be conducted. It was thought 
desirable, however, that it should be organized work, and so was placed 
before those present. 

The Red Cross Society was represented by Mrs. A. G. Ham, the War 
Relief by Mrs. Ellen Hardin Walworth. After much debate it was decided 
by the majority of those present to form themselves into an auxiliary to the 
Women’s National War Relief, calling it the Mount Vernon Branch. The 
following officers were elected: Chairman, Mrs. F. A. Lane; Treasurer, 
Mrs. Ward; Secretary, Mrs. A. G, Ham; Mrs. Ham finding that her work 
with the Red Cross interfered with the W^ar Relief, resigned, and Mrs. Wh 
N. G. Clark was elected to fill the vacant position. The Women’s Christian 
Temperance Union kindly donated the use of their hall to the society, and 
during the summer months regular weekly meetings were held on Tuesday 
afternoons. 

Owing to the absence from the city of large numbers of the ladies and 
to the fact that two other relief societies were in our midst — the Red Cross and 
the Patriotic League — our active membership decreased to about eight, but in 
energy and accomplished work, these eight patriotic women achieved a result 
of which forty need not be ashamed. The actual membership the report of 
the Treasurer will show, as well as the amount of money raised and donated. 
The first work of the Mount Vernon Branch was the making of one hundred 
and six flannel bandages which were presented to the Bronx Chapter D. A. R., 
and sent by them to our soldiers at the front. Then forty pairs of pajamas 
were made, which, together with several shirts and some flannel, were sent to 
the Recording Secretary of the Association, for Staten Island hospital 
invalids. 


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It was thought desirable during the summer to have the general society 
represented here; accordingly Mrs. Walworth was communicated with. She 
being unable to be present herself, sent a most able and agreeable substitute, 
Miss Anne Rhodes, who spoke to the members of this auxiliary as well as to 
representatives of the other societies, in a most comprehensive manner, and 
undoubtedly placed this society on a much firmer footing than it had 
previously enjoyed. The funds in the treasury growing lamentably low, an 
evening whist was tendered the branch and accepted, and a neat little sum 
realized. This was the only entertainment given for the Mount Vernon 
branch during its existence. 

Finding that their services were more needed at home than abroad, it 
was decided, when the soldiers from the 71st and 8th regiments were sent 
to their hospital, to aid in their care. The hospital being supported by 
private contributions, the amount appropriated by the City of Mount Vernon 
for the sick soldiers was not adequate for their necessities. The Red Cross 
supplied beds and bedding, and such articles as came under the head of 
household linens and surgical appliances. The Patriotic League provided 
the salaries of two extra nurses, and the Mount Vernon branch of the 
Women’s War Relief almost entirely fed the seventeen soldiers for a period 
of four weeks. Medicine was also provided by this branch. In addition 
to this work the Holiday House, under Miss Chauncey’s care, was visited, 
and such articles as she needed at the time were sent. A committee assisted 
Miss Chauncey in the reception in honor of the home-coming of the 8th 
Regiment U. S. Vols. 

Mrs. Thomas F. Goodwin, with her husband, who is a physician, brought 
the sick men belonging to Mount Vernon home, under their own care. Doc- 
tor Goodwin giving his services freely and gratuitously during their illness and 
convalescence. The thanks of the Society are due him for the work done. 
He was a great help to the branch. 

The Treasurer made a visit to Montauk Point, and gave individual assist- 
ance in several cases. 

Had it not been for material aid supplied by one of the members, a 
private of Company M, 8th Regiment, would have been entirely stranded. 
The Chairman was one of a committee for the reception of the P'irst Volunteer 
Engineer Regiment on its return from Porto Rico, and the ladies of Mount Ver- 
non Branch feel that in offering this their final report to the General Society, 
they have fulfilled, to the best of their ability, the trust imposed upon them, 
and, as it has been God’s divine will that this war should have been brought 

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to a close, we thank Him for the victory gained by our arms, and for the 
greater blessing which has been brought us — a united country once more. If 
they have given comfort, or aid, to even one of our heroes, they feel their 
work has been well done, and are content to write “ P'inis.” 

The following is a list of donations received from June 3d to November 
30th, 1898, which, with the Treasurer’s report, will show, as nearly as pos- 
sible, what work has been done. They also wish to express thanks to their 
local newspapers for their great kindness to them during the summer; 

1 cot, 2 feather pillows, 15 lbs. coffee, 25 cakes soap, 16 pkgs. oatmeal, 12 cans tomatoes, 
152 quarts soup, 2 quarts clam broth, 14 quarts custard pudding, 1 lb. baking powder, 12 lbs. 
tea, 1 can mustard, 30 dozen eggs, 120 cans soup, 14 quarts oysters, 12 pairs chickens, 24 quarts 
beef tea, 33 glasses grape jelly, 10 quarts milk, 11 pints brandy, 48 charlotte russe, 4 dozen 
beef extract, 114 bottles kumyss, 34 bottles maltine, 34 novels, 4 gallons whiskey, 20 lbs. 
grapes, 20 quarts ice cream, 83 quarts wine jelly, 10 quarts wine pudding, 16 quarts broth, 2 
quarts orange jelly, 1 delicate pudding, 3 gallons mutton broth, 3 dozen hemaboloids, 2 dozen 
liquid peptonoids, 1 dozen beef powder, 8 dozen oranges. 2 dozen Wyeth’s beef juice, 106 
flannel bandages, 40 pairs pajamas, 3 dozen handkerchiefs, 3 dozen pair socks, 1 dozen flannel 
shirts, 2 dozen collars, 9 suits underclothes, 3 linen sheets, 4 pairs shoes, 2 hats, 92 magazines. 


Treasurkr’s 

RECEIPTS. 


Committee Members ?13 00 

Committee Rolls 59 15 

Evening Whist 55 00 

Mr. J. Anderson 50 00 

MissC. L. Adams 5 00 

Catholic Society 5 00 

Mrs. R. Sherman 5 00 


A friend, through T. F. Goodwin . 10 00 

Material for pajamas and bandages 17 11 

$219 26 


Report. 

DISBURSEMENTS. 

Checks to Mrs. Raymond, Treasurer 


W. N. W. R. A ST2 15 

Hospital expenses 80 67 

Convalescent Homes, 8th Regiment 11 07 

Material for pajamas and flannel 

bandages 14 23 

Balance on hand 41 14 


$219 26 


(Heporf of (Uf ica (^urifiarp. 

Officers. 


Mrs. Elsie A. Ballou President. 

Mrs. Fannie Waite Fairbank Secretary. 

Mrs. Jennie K. Stanton Treasurer. 


This auxiliary held a patriotic reception which was successful in raising 
a sum of money for the Women’s National War Relief Association. 


Remitted to Treasurer; 

July 6th ,^22 25 

August 1st 5 00 

June 27th, membership fees 3 00 

Total $30 25 


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Mrs. Johnson L. de Peyster Chairman. 

Early in the season this auxiliary gave a tea and raised $50, wh^ch was 
forwarded to the Treasurer of the Women’s National War Relief Association. 
Other sums raised by use of the registration rolls and in contributions were 
forwarded at different times. 


(Report of Sorfnig^ffp Cfufi (^upifiarp. 

The Work of the Fortnightly Club consisted in raising a fund of $22.75, 
which was forwarded to Mrs. Raymond, June 13th, together with a list of 
subscribers. There is no further report, as the committee met but once. 


(Report of ^amtfton (^upiftarp. 

Officers: 

Mrs. M. E. Grosvenor, Secretary. Mrs. W. W. Bardeen, Treasurer. 

Execxitive Committee. 

Mrs. a. E. Lewis, Mrs. C. W. Spencer, 

“ W. F. Langworthy, “ F. O. Lloyd, 

“ J. W. Hurn, “ E. Hardy. 

One hundred and three pajamas and four extra coats, with a supply of old 
linen, were sent for distribution among the soldiers, and a large box of books 
and magazines were forwarded to Captain Remmer, Company K, 102nd 
Regiment, at Camp Black. 

Cash Donations:— 

Faithful Circle, King’s Daughters |30 00 


Helpful Circle, “ “ 30 00 

Mrs. Mary Rambeare 5 00 

Rev. W. N. Clarke . 1 00 

Miss Emily Clarke 1 00 


Total $67 00 


(Report of t^e (Georgia (^rmp (Uatjp league ^upifiarp. 

The amount of money expended by the Army and Navy League in fur- 
nishing supplies to sick soldiers within the Gulf Division is near $3,800. The 
women throughout the State have worked faithfully through the League for 
every sick soldier within our reach who was enlisted under the Stars and 
Stripes, and felt that it was a pleasure to alleviate the suffering of our sick 
soldier boys. 


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List of Supplies Sent from League. 

1,800 towels, 700 pajamas, 400 pairs sheets, 153 pillows, 250 suits underclothes, 320 socks, 
64 slippers, 275 night shirts, 260 bandages, 2 trained nurses, 325 cans beef extract, 415 cans 
milk and cream, 27 requisites for sick room, 128 pairs pillow cases, 43 pounds of tea, 55 pairs 
blankets, 180 cans malted milk and corn starch, much old linen for fever patients, and many 
other incidentals. 

Cash Expenditures. 


Board for soldiers left by regiment ?25 00 

Funds sent to camps 284 00 

Ice cream sent to McPherson 9 00 

Shoes and hats 19 00 

Stationery 25 00 

Lunches . . 480 00 

Passes for furloughed soldiers 84 00 


Total $926 00 


Quaesatcft Chapter (^unfiarp. 


The work done by Quassaick Chapter directly through the W. N. W. R. 
Association was the sending of two boxes to Montauk through Mrs. \\"al- 
worth. 

Officers. 


Miss Alice Hasbrouck Regent. 

Mrs. William Vanamee Corresponding Secretary. 

Miss Mary B. Smith Recordmg Secretary. 

Miss Mary Gilmartin Registrar. 

Mrs. Russell Headley Treasurer. 

Miss Adelaide Skeki Historian. 

Mrs. Charles Caldwell Chairman Cut t mg Committee. 

Mrs. Russell Headley .... Chairman Purchasing Committee. 

Mrs. W. V. Randali Chairman Packing Committee. 

The Chapter was not easy to rouse, but when it was roused it did good 
enough work to receive the hearty commendation of the State Regent. 


Sent to Montauk, Care of Mrs. Walworth. 

One pair pajamas, 5 night shirts, 5 dozen handkerchiefs, 2 sheets, 5 pairs pillow slips, 4 air 
cushions, 5 pillows, 7 bottles malted milk, 6 jars meat extracts, 9 feeding cups, 10 cans con- 
densed milk, 7 jars jams and jelly, 2 packages farina, 1 package arrowroot, 3 bottles raspberry 
vinegar, 25 fans, 4 boxes shredded wheat, 8 boxes cocoa, 1 apron, 20 towels, 4 shirts. dozen 
spoons, 2 pounds candy, 3 cans clam bouillon, 1 headrest, 1 fairy lamp, 3j4 dozen cakes soap, 
3 boxes water crackers, 1 box grape nut food, 1 hot water bag, 5 bundles old linen, 18 tin cups, 
2 jars pickles, 12 face cloths, 1 pound bensoline, 1 comb, 1 hair brush, 1 Bible, 3 handkerchiefs, 

1 bundle old muslin, twenty-six pajamas, 8 night shirts, 28 handkerchiefs, 6 blankets, 1 pillow 
slip, 7 pounds malted milk, 4 beef jelly, 10 packages cereals, 3 boxes cocoa, 2 sheets, 44 towels, 

2 wash cloths, 13 pair half hose, 70 books and papers. 


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(Report of (J?oug^f^eep0ie (^unfiarp. 

The Poughkeepsie Auxiliary organized Sept. 3d, 1898 (as the “ Soldiers’ 
Relief Committee of Poughkeepsie”), with forty-one members. ! 

Sept. 8th, four large boxes of supplies were sent to Montauk Point. 
Sept. 9th, a mass meeting was held in the Opera House. Sept. 16th, one- 
third of the men of the Ninth N. Y. were served with sandwiches and fruit 
in passing through Poughkeepsie. Sept. 16th to Oct. 25th, eleven soldiers 
cared for at Vassar Hospital. Oct. 1st, nine barrels and four boxes of sup- 
plies sent to Company K of Poughkeepsie, with the First N. Y. Volunteers 
at Honolulu. Oct. 81st, four barrels of magazines and old linen sent to the 
military hospital at Hampton, Va. Sept. 8th to Nov. 20th, 1,069 sick and 
needy soldiers fed on trains passing through Poughkeepsie. 

Most grateful acknowledgment is made of the invaluable aid given the 
committee by Mrs. A. H. Wardle, Secretary of the Y. W. C. A., the 
Poughkeepsie Cab Co., and the Poughkeepsie Transportation Co., who 
packed, carted and shipped all supplies free of charge. 

Finan'cial Statement. 

RECEIPTS : 

From mass meeting $ 

From donations 


Total receipts §' 

DISBURSEMENTS : 

For diet kitchen at Montauk . . . $ 
To Red Cross Emergency Hospital, 

L. I. City 

To Lt. Taylor’s Co., 1st N. Y. En- 
gineers in Porto Rico . . 

To Hospital, Camp Mead .... 
Care of sick soldier and family five 

weeks 

To St. John’s Hospital, Brooklyn . 
Transportation of supplies to Co. K 

in Honolulu 

Transportation of soldier, Pough- 
keepsie to Buffalo 

Support of soldier and family one 

month 

Transportation of soldier’s family 

to post 

Sick soldiers in Porto Rico, through 

Miss Rhodes 

Sick soldiers in Hampton, Va., 

Hospital 

Soldier’s ticket to Washington . . 

Telephone to Albany 

Postals 



Soldier’s fare to Albany 

$4 44 

157 00 

Ham for sandwiches for 9th N. Y. 

3 60 

849 13 

Parlor seat for sick soldiers Pough- 



keepsie rest 

2 00 

1,006 13 

Messenger 

10 


Food for 1,069 soldiers 

139 08 


Worker at station 

51 25 

150 00 

Physician to bring soldiers from 



New York 

4 00 

100 00 

Expenses 10 soldiers to N. Y . . . 

14 60 


Tobacco . 

08 

100 00 

Barber 

75 

50 00 

Cab, hospital to station 

1 00 


Messenger 

10 

50 00 

Telegram 

66 

50 00 

Expressage on supplies to Montauk. 

2 55 


Expressage on supplies. Camp 


58 70 

Mead 

1 45 


Expressage on supplies, Hampton, 


9 92 

Va 

2 46 


Expressage on package pajamas 


20 00 

to New York 

37 


Telegrams and special deliver}'- 


12 27 

stamps 

95 


Money order 

48 

50 00 

Expense of mass meeting 

61 13 


Money order 

17 

52 76 

Stamped envelopes. Hospital Camp 


7 96 

Mead 

2 00 

70 


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Total disbursements $1,006 13 


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(Report of (Paeear (^urifiarp. 

Officers: 


Mrs. William T. Cornell Chairman. 

Dr. Alice Crawford Brown Vice-Chairman. 

Miss Jean Edgar Burnett Secretary. 

Miss Caroline M. Pelgram Treasurer. 


Professor Achsah M. Ely, 
Mrs. J. Ryland Kendrick, 
Dr. Grace N. Kimball, 


Advisory Committee : 


Professor Mary W. Whitney. 


Professor Abby Leach, 
Mrs. James M. Taylor, 

Dr. Elizabeth B. Thelberg, 


General 

Mrs. Truman J. Backus, 

“ John F. Douglas, 

Miss Emma Lou Garrett, 

“ Henriette I. Scranton, 

Mrs. William S. Bennett, 

Miss Nellie M. Smith, 

And 


OMMITTEE : 

Mrs. James P. Kimball, 

“ Charles E. Potter, 

Miss Gertrude Heywood, 
Mrs. Charles W. Smith, 

Miss Edith D. Deane, 

“ Reubena H. Walworth, 

'THERS. 


The Vassar Auxiliary of the Women’s National War Relief Association 
was organized to bring the work of the Association to the attention of Vas-> 
sar graduates and students throughout the country and through them to all 
College Alumnae, so that, by a united movement, it should be seen that 
college women of the United States are no less patriotic and enthusiastic 
for the honor of the country than college men fighting her battles at the 
front. 

Early in the season Dr. Alice Brown, Miss Reubena Hyde Walworth 
and Miss Jean Burnet took active measures to inaugurate this auxiliary. A 
meeting was called of the Alumnae in New York at the W indsor Hotel. 
Officers were elected, and a circular sent to students and alumna;. Two of 
the original committee had visited Vassar College and secured the co-opera- 
tion of the professors. It was too near the time of the annual commence- 
ment to accomplish much, but registration rolls were circulated and a general 
interest was manifested in the work as was to have been expected of Vassar 
students, who are well known to have an enthusiastic and expressive 
patriotism. 

For amounts contributed, see National Treasurer’s report. 


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(Ke^jorf of f^e 'Was^ingfon (^tjenue Q0apfi0f C^utc^ (^unfiarg. 

Officers : 

Mrs. Will Carleton President. ^ 

Miss Kimball Vice-President. 

Mrs. Eugene Blackford Treasurer. 

^Iiss Sarah Mangam Sehretary. 

An Auxiliary Society was organized in the Washington Avenue Baptist 
Church, consisting of about 80 members, who contributed $22, which was 
remitted to the Treasurer of the Association. Soon afterward, as many of 
the members of the church went to the country, the Auxiliary was practi- 
cally disbanded, and no more money raised. The work was kept going, how- 
ever, at Bethlehem, N. H. — the summer home of Mrs. Will Carleton. In 
obtaining memberships, she had the patriotic aid of Mrs. W. T. Runk, of 
New York; Mrs. F. Hoyt, of Philadelphia; Mrs. C. Hilton Brown, of New 
York; Miss Sarah E. Rockingham, of Bethlehem; Mrs. D. W, Harrington, 
of the same village; Mrs. J. B. Hill, of Boston; Mrs. W. F. Walker, of New 
Britain, Conn., and Mrs. M. L. Wigfall, of Philadelphia. A considerable sum 
was obtained in this way — some 200 members in all being obtained. 

Among the entertainments given in connection with the movement, may 
be mentioned: A concert, by the “ Maplewood” Orchestra, accompanied 
by Original Readings by Mr. Will Carleton, which realized the sum of 
$212.78; at the Sinclair House, a concert and reading by Mr. Carleton, real- 
izing $157.85 ; and several progressive whist parties, tableaux, book parties, 
etc., etc., all of which brought in goodly sums. 

The total amount collected at Brooklyn and Bethlehem, and remitted to 
the Treasurer of the Association at New York, from time to time, was 
$501.33, including the contribution of Mrs. Arthur W. Tufts, of Boston, 
of $20. 


(Reporf of (Ro^ 6 uri? 

Officers: 

Mrs. a. Cartwright, Secretary. 

“ F. M. Andrus, Treasurer. 

The Committee of the officers, $1.00 each, was all the money contributed. 
At various times to the Association headquarters were sent : One hundred 
and seventeen pairs of pajamas, and a box containing sheets, towels, jellies, 
fruits, and numerous smaller articles. 


(Re|)orf of f^e (llnifeb ©aug^fere of f^e Confe^»eracg (^uriftarg. 


Ol-KICEKS; 

Mrs. W. W. Read President. 

“ E. S. Gaili.aku First Vice-President. 

“ W. W. Childs Second Vice-President. 

“ T. C. Caskin Third Vice-President. 

“ George Hurxthai Treasurer. 

“ F. n. Lane ... Recording Secretary. 

Miss Clay Financial Secretary. 

Mrs. M. L. Brodnax First Corresponding Secretary. 

“ M. E. Ryerson Second Corresponding Secretary. 


Contributions were sent from the Chapter to the Treasurer of the As- 
sociation at various times, besides which a number of the members made 
private donations, and others raised money on subscription lists. 

Boxes of provisions and clothing were sent to Chickamauga Park and 
Tampa, and aid was rendered at P'ort Hamilton, Camp Black, and Peekskill. 
Some of the members, learning of the suffering of the soldiers at Camp 
Wikoff, went over daily, carrying milk, eggs, fruit, etc., and, on many occa- 
sions, assisted in nursing the sick soldiers. 

In New York City much work was done in the hospitals, especially in 
cases of soldiers who were from a distance, with no friends near. These were 
visited, delicacies carried to them, and articles of clothing supplied when they 
were ready to be discharged. Many pajamas, bandages, etc., were made and 
delivered to different hospital ships. 


(Report of feaftetwoo^ (^unftarp. 

Officers. 


Miss Anne Ridgely Dashiei.i President. 

Miss Agnes Helen Davis Vice-President. 

Miss Anna Dwight Ferris Secretary. 

Miss Harding Treasurer. 


Two hundred and twenty-five garments made and sent 

Amount of money raised 

Sent to National Treasurer 

Balance 

$93 40 $93 40 


$93 40 

§48 00 
45 40 


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Mrs, S. V. White 
“ Joseph Craig 
“ Jesse Burdette 
“ Charles II. Brush 
“ Janvier Le Due 
“ L. T. Field 
“ G. L. Gillespie 
“ George W. Bartholomew 
“ Jasper Cairns 
“ J. O. Tansley 
“ Charles II. Raymond 
“ E. S. Gaillard 
“ Henry Randall Waite 
“ Henry A. Adams 
“ James T. Barrow 
“ Wilbur Fiske Wood 
“ Mary Lowe Dickinson 
“ Charles H. Hunt 
“ Eugene E. McLean 
“ Horace Lee 
“ J. W. Booth by 
“ Harmon U. Hull 
Miss Kate Bond 
“ Margaret Pascal 
“ A. Z. Bartholomew 
“ Alice Parkin 
“ Elizabeth Shephard 
“ Elizabeth Marquand 
“ Alice Babcock 
“ L. Mason 

“ Reubena H. Walworth 
“ Alice H. Cady 
“ Isabel Hapgood 
“ Helen M. Gould 
“ Helen Bancroft Browne 
Mrs. T. B. O’Neill 
“ A. W. Cochran 
“ J. Harrison Mills 
“ Frederick J. de Peyster 
“ James Hurry 
“ Thomas H. Newman 
“ Walker Curry 
“ C. F. Finlay 
“ Theodore Caskin 
“ F. B. Tippett 
“ Daniel Butterfield 
“ W. G. Choate 


Mrs. Johnston L. de Peyster 
“ Richard Henry Greene 
“ C. D. Freeman 
“ E. Ellery Ander.son 
“ Ellen Hardin Walworth 
“ Henry Lubeck 
“ J. S. T. Stranahan 
“ Eugene Frayer 
" James Scrimgeour 
“ H. C. Coe 
“ C. R. Treat 
“ C. L. Darrow 
“ L. Stimson 
“ R. W. Aborn 
“ Rus.sell Sage 
“ F. W. Hopkins 
“ John Van l^uren 'Thayer 
“ Charles Halbut Denison 
“ Edwin Austin Tuttle 
“ John Westervelt 
“ Hebbard K. Browne 
“ Charles Trowbridge 
“ W. W. Read 
“ William Gerry Slade 
“ Daniel S. Lamont 
“ John Jacob Astor 
“ Charles A. Hoyt 
“ Elijah R. Kennedy 
“ Frederick D. Grant 
“ William M. Polk 
“ George Hoadley 
“ Washington A. Roebling 
“ Gertrude V. C. Hamilton 
“ James H. Williams 
“ Abby Sage Richardson 
“ A. J. Perry 
“ Frederick Alexander 
“ Edward Addison Greeley 
“ Eliza Newcomb Alexander 
“ William Hamilton Harris 
“ Albert Symington 
Miss Emma Witt Harris 
Mrs. J. Morris Brown 
Dr. Alice Brown 
Mrs. Lawrence Boggs 
“ Seth Low 
“ Augustus C. Decker 


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Mrs. Genevieve Andrews 
Miss G. K. B. Andrews 
“ Marion C. Smith 
“ Anne H. Pattison 
“ Estelle Hawkins 
Mrs. M. S. Brodnax 
“ Gerald A. Stanton 
“ N. P. Worthington 
“ Geo. W. Miller 
“ C. R. Johnson 
Miss Helen Miller 
Mrs. Annie Day Storrs 
Mrs. Cephas Brainard 
“ F. W. Goodrich 
“ Roger A. Pryor 
“ William Tod Helmuth 
Miss Eugenia Washington 
Mrs. Theodore F. Lane 
“ F. J. Higginson 
“ J. K. Draper 
“ C. F. Roe 
Miss Roe 
‘ ‘ Tolly 

Mrs. Jas. R. McKee 
“ W, R. Adams 
Miss Ida L. Adams 
Mrs. Henry De Witt 


Mi.ss Anna Palen 
Mrs. Charles A. Gardiner 
Miss Evelyn Hope Northrop 
“ Margaret Baird 
Mrs. John Ingham 
“ J. Cooper 
“ P. H. de Murgruondo 
“ Charles H. Snow 
“ David N. Rowan 
Miss Margaret E. Gale 
Mrs. Nelson A. Miles 
“ Thomas H. Streets 
“ Jno. A. Sterner 
Dr. and Mrs. A. E. Gallant 
Mrs. F. R. Wall 
Miss Florence Ballard Day 
Mrs. W. R. Derrick 
“ J. G. Burdick 
“ Edward Baldwin Whitney 
“ R. G. Pierce 
“ F. M. Andrews 
“ A. Cartwright 
Miss Emma De Groot 
Mrs. John D. Archbold 
“ Payntor 

Staten Island Auxiliary 


“ Annette L. Plain 

Mrs. 

Wilbur Fiske Wood 

“ E. A. Tuttle 

Miss 

Elizabeth B. Curtis 

Miss Ellen M. Harris 

Mrs. 

Dane Rianhard 

Mrs. Whaley 

t ( 

John L. Feeney 

“ Jackson 

( 4 

W. C. Walser 

“ Lowell T. Field 

4 4 

0 . S. Wood 

Madam Lucchetti 

4 4 

J. N. Lewis 

Mrs. Chas. Strowbridge 

4 4 

Gardner Thompson 

“ R. W. Huntington 

4 4 

M. M. Johnson 

“ Chas. C. Byrne 

4 4 

Jarvis Fairchild 

“ Montgomery Schuyler 

4 4 

H. '1'. Knowlton 

“ LavTence T. Tower 

Miss 

Maggie Eddy 

“ Marjorie Byrne 

» 4 

Anna Eddy 

“ E. M. Read 

Mrs. 

McFarland 

“ C. B. Day 

i 4 

E. B. King 

Miss M. H. Haldene 

4 4 

Livingston Kennedy 

Mrs. M. S. Washington 

4 4 

G. A. Davis 

“ C. W. Rommel 

4 4 

Lowery 

“ F. Nathan 

4 4 

Tilden 

“ Edwin Mario 

k 4 

M. L. Camacho 

“ Robert Patterson 

^liss 

Bogert 

Miss Virginia Orton 

4 4 

Anne Rhodes 


134 


Mrs. George F. Hicks 
“ C. C. Overton 
“ George M. Pinney 
“ F. F. Hunt 
“ C. H. Ingalls 
Miss Tilden 
“ Ellen Harris 
Mrs. Geo. King 
‘ ‘ Royal 
“ Demming 
“ S. D. Stephens 
“ Julia West 
“ Geo. A. Middlebrook 
“ Van Smith 
“ Alfred Franklin 
“ F. W. Hatch 
“ A. A. Mitchell 
“ Lillie 

“ Jefferson Scales 
“ Frank Moffatt 
“ Fred Perry Bovvers 
Miss J. S. Kingsley 
“ Fanny Nicoll 
Mrs. F. L. Rodewald 

“ John Hamilton Telfair 
“ E. C. Bridgman 
“ Edw’ard Bowland 
“ Howard Waldo 
“ E. H. Parker 
Miss Alice Waldo 
“ Susan Ripley 
Mrs. H. C. Parsons 
“ Reuben Lord 
“ O. C. Titus 
Miss Nellie M. Ford 
“ M. Louise Ford 
Mrs. Eliza J. Spenks 
“ W. B. Day 
“ Chas. Finney Cox 
‘ ‘ Guse 
“ Sidney Lord 
Miss Ellen Harris 
Mrs. H. S. Schmid 
“ H. E. Skinner 
“ Read Benedict 
“ Weller 
“ Harding 
“ Geo. A. Leavitt 
Miss Adele Low 


Mrs. Chas. Porter 
“ Wm. Sinclair 
“ Polleck 
iVIisses Hughes 
i\Irs. Francis McDonald 
“ Paul Heinemann 
“ Joseph Tate 
IVIiss Breck 
Mrs. Francis Bagley 
“ Chas. Cushman 
“ Geo. Scofield 
“ C. W. Towmsend 
Mr. Richards 
Mrs. Theodore Leggett 
“ Wm. Phanderneck 
“ Rawson 
“ Weidenfelt 
“ Du Bois 
“ Lindsely 
John E. Faber 
L. M. Faber 
Miss Bertha Brooks 
Mrs. John B. Pearsen 
“ Walter C. Kerr 
“ Ernest Welnicke 
“ John Carrere 
“ H. De W. Joy 
“ C. T. Adams 
“ Van Hoevenberg 
“ William Willcox 
“ Jerome A. King 
Miss S. O. Lane 
Mrs. J. Sydney Davenport 
Miss Isabelle M. Woodruff 
Dr. C. Whlmot Townsend 
“ G. P. Jessup 
Mrs. D. P. Duffie 
“ Edw'ard M. Butler 
“ Thomas B. Voorhis 
“ E. B. Crowell 
Miss May Rawson 
“ Leng 
“ A. Van Pelt 
“ Alice Theler 
Mrs. H. S. Schurnd 
Mr. G. A. Middlebrook 
“ Chas. H. Ingalls 
Mr. Chas. D. Cushman 
Miss Valerie Cushman 


135 


Mr. Homer Lockwood 
W. Hawes 
Lewis Timmsen 
W. E. Tredwell 
Frank Scott 
John Cook 
C. H. Simonson 
G. C. Howland, M. D. 

M. J. Rafferty 
Chas. E. Hayes 
F. W. Fitzgerald 
J. Walter Wood, M. D. 
Henry P. Morrison 
Franklin C. Vitt 
Walter H. Holl 
Geo. C. Trantor 
C. L. Henderson 
C. A. Heal 
M. A. Irving 

Aliss M. A. Stewart Brown 
Mrs. C. W. Anable 
“ Eugene Du Bois 
“ George J. Greenfield 
“ George T. Bonner 
Miss Bertha Benziger 
Mrs. C. W. Hunt 
“ F. N. Johnson 
“ Geo. W. Dix 
Miss ^I. Cuthbertson 
^Irs. G. T. Scofield 
“ J. F. Emmons 
“ H. S. Seguine 
W. Roetger 
W. Bodenstein 
Ernest Kuntz 
Otto Albect 
Jos. J. Barth 
Geo. A. Barth 
O. H. Griffin 
Peter Weiderer 
Henry Spruck 
David Muller 
J. J. Schim 
Louis Soudt 
Ernest Deirne 
Beatrice Ackerstein 
Henry Weckert 
J. Winthrop White 
Mrs. Anna Shaw Curtis 


Miss Elizabeth B. Curtis 
“ Alice F. Hicks 
Eva Jewett Curtis 
Mrs. Chas. M. Porter 
“ J. P. Insley 
Joe C. Runke 
Mr. Geo. F. Hicks 
Edith Lindsey 
Frederick E. Partington 
Dorothy Lyon 

E. Hullick 
Thomas Tull}’’ 

Eugene O. Jeantet 
Maud Dion 

Alva Doty 
A. R. Bulik 
J. B. Pearson 

C. C. Mackay 

D. M. Melvin 
Wm. S. Van Chef 
Alvin Conklin 
Chas. W. Sutherland 
Maurice L. Cooley 

F. M. Geer 
Mr. MacDonald 
Mrs. L. L. Gregg 
S. M. Gay 

Miss Sarah M. Gay 
A. Sommerfeld 
C. H. Pfeffer 
1. Kahili 
C. M. Dean 
^Irs. Wm. Tompkins 

Haarlem Philharmonic Society. 
Mrs. Thomas H. Newman 
“ Lucien C. Warner 
“ Wm. Renssalaer Lloyd 
“ E. W. Cornwell 
Mr. H. C. F. Koch 
l\Irs. James Miller 
;Mr. Alden Miller 
Mrs. Bradley Eaton 
“ Lucy G. Barnard 
“ W. N. Sherman 
“ D. P. Hays 
Mr. E. S. Tiffle 
Mrs. Edwin W. Inslee 
“ C. F. Blatchford 


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“ Charlotte Crampton 
“ B. R. Merwin 
“ Ashbel P. Fitch 
“ Jacob Shrady 
“ Isaac Mills 
“ John McLaughlin 
“ C. E. Cornell 
“ Frank Miller 
“ C. Fabrigan 
Mr. Henry H. Barnard 
.Mrs, E. W. Tipple 
The Misses Barrett 
Kennett Hills Bitting 
Mrs. Robert Ferguson 
“ Renville 

Miss Lucy Ryerson Morris 
Mrs. A. H. Leary 
Miss Florence V. Tisdall 
Mrs. Eaton 
“ Adelaide Gould 
“ Harsha 
Henry Fleck 
Miss Hadden 
Mrs. Wickens 
“ L. R. Morris 
Miss C. W. Williams 
Mrs. T. K. Newman 
“ F. O. Evans 
“ Henry A. Topham 
“ Wm. Clark 
“ B. A. Kaeffel 
“ C. H. Townsend 
“ B. R. Merwin 
“ Jacob Strady 
“ Edward Clinch 
“ George Best 
“ Hamilton Higgins 
“ T. Jacka 
“ E. Lane 
“ K. Andran 
“ Heron 
“ W. R. Lloyd 
“ L. N. Jones 
Miss Baldwin 
Mrs. Roe 
“ C. E. Cornell 
“ A. A. Stilwell 
“ F. G. Brandon 


Mrs. Isaac Mills 
“ Edward Plass 
“ W. G. Bussey 
“ John Mason 
“ Wm. R. Lloyd 
“ Henry Mook 
“ Enoch Currier 
“ C. R. Treat 
“ C. H. Duryea 
“ H. C. F. Koch 
“ E. I. Lilliman 
“ Tourney 
“ I. R. Limor 
‘ ‘ Gage Brady 
*• I. N. Williams 
“ Frank Littlefield 
“ Wm. Bull 
“ D. B. Van Houten 
“ Raymond Palmenberg 
“ D. B. Sickles 
“ Florence Tisdale 
“ L. N. Jones 
“ A. A. Stilwell 
“ Henry Daemker 
“ W. C. Reddy 
“ J. Elmendorf 
Miss I. L. Henry 
Mrs. Adolph Riesenberg 
“ Edward Schedler 
“ M. T. Brown 
“ Godwin 
“ Wm. Class 
“ Carl W, Schedler 
“ Frank O. Evans 

Zion and Timothy Auxiliary. 
(Speakwell Chapter King’s Daughters). 

Mrs. R. W. Burke 

“ D. Richards Bradley 
Rev. Wm. J. Wright 
Celia A. Bloom 
Mary J. Oakley 
Mrs. O. Bidwell 
Miss E. Putney 
“ M. Brancco 
Mrs. W. W. Peck 
Miss Locke 
‘ ‘ Stone 
Mrs. Cassilly 


137 


Mrs. B. F. Watson 
“ C. C. Cleveland 
Miss E. M. Ewen 
“ M. L. Ewen 
Mrs. J. T. Worthington 
“ W. B. Putney 
“ S. Bradhurst Clark 
L. Arnold 

D. Richards Bradley 
Mrs. Henry Lubeck 
Miss L. F. Barlow 
J. L. Roberts 
Mrs. J. L. Chapin 
“ Wall 
Miss Brancco 
Mrs. E. D. Berry 
Miss Wade 
Mrs. M. Fargo 
“ McSimmons 
“ Matthews 
“ J. M. Ewart 
“ M. L. Ewen 
Miss C. G. Ewen 
Dr. M. T. Ostrom 
George J. Willis 
F. Nutter 

Lexington, Kv., Auxiliary. 

Henry C. McDowell 
Arthur Cary 
Henry Kinkhead 
John Boyd 
Garland Barr 
J. W. Berkley 
Y. D. Mitchell 
Rudolph Harting 
W. R. Mil ward 
W. L. Bell 
John J. Jacobs 
Dr. Curran Pope 
Mrs. Eric Bergland 
“ Charles D. Clay 
Miss Susana Jacob Clay 
“ M Pepper 
“ Kate J. Johnson 
“ Eva Stevenson 
Mrs. J. W. Sayre 
“ John Hunt Morgan 
Miss Lucretia Hart Clay 


Mrs. Hart Boswell 
“ Nancy Scovell 

King’s Daughters. 
Mrs. F. P. Ver Planck 
“ H. D. Tracy 
“ E. H. Pember 
Miss Sydney Nill 
Mrs. Julia Bergmann 
Miss Matilda Fink 
“ E. C. Morris 
Emma Farr 
L. C. Downing 
Mrs. Mary G. Pera 
Charlotte Hannan 
Mary K. A. Stone 
Adda N. Atkinson 
Anne W. Craigie 
Miss Emmie Moore 
Marguerite B. Haskell 
Martha Gardner 

L. L. Halliday 
Lottie Eddy 
Helen L. Stoddard 
Miss Bessie Booman 
Lizzie M. Thompson 
R. Eva Hice 

Ella E. Read 
Aimee G. Alexander 
Anna M. Toule 
Miss E. C. Campbell 
“ Lillias Ritchie 
J. E. Leith 
Mrs. A. J. Clark 
“ G. L. Thorpe 
L A. Paul 
Amelia Remecke 
Mrs. Laura A. Weber 

M. A. Ware 

Mrs. May Mitchell 
“ Alviria Maud 
“ Chas. Metcalf 
“ B. C. Baylor 
^liss Katie Geddner 
Mrs. Robt. Nunns 
“ D. D. Hurd 
“ Laura F. Buch waiter 
“ Marie F. Pierson 
E. C. Ellis 


138 


Mrs. Harvey Hart 
Mary E. Brown 
Carrie B. flyers 
Bertha L. Delvendahl 
;Mrs. ]Mary H. Goodwin 
Mary E. Clay 
Miss S. M. Littlefield 
Lucy A. Wilkins 
Mrs. Mary Chapin 
“ Martin Pugsley 
‘ ‘ Mary Downs 
“ Martha Amadon 
“ Emily D. Jordan 
Miss Fanny Craft 
N. H. Sutton 
Mrs. L. F. Fallon 
“ Albert Brockett 
“ Sadie E. Naylor 
“ A. J. Ketcham 
Lois E. Canfil 
Mrs. H. P. Knapp 
“ N. H. Hopkins 

East Orange Auxiliary. 

Mrs. Warren N. Trusdell 
Miss Marion C. Smith 
Mrs. G. W. B. Cushing 
“ C. F. Pinkham 
“ C. F. Lochrke 
“ J. J. McCoy 
“ I. E. Gates 
“ R. C. Browning 
“ Stewart Hartshorne 
“ C. F. Prescott 
“ T. S. Starkey 
Miss M. E. Lathrop 
“ Lilian N. Giles 
“ Mary A. Lathbury 

Glen Cove. 

Mrs. Edmund Wetmore 

All Souls (Unitarian) Auxiliary. 
Miss Elizabeth Marquand 
“ Caroline A. Wilcox 
Mrs. George R. Bishop 
Miss Katherine W. Sewall 
Mrs. Effingham Maynard 
“ Albert M. Smithe 
“ O. P. C. Billings 


Miss Emily Clark Poor 

Mount Vernon Auxiliary. 

Mrs. F. A. Lane i 

Mrs. C. E. Ward 
“ W. N. G. Clark 
“ S. D. Patterson 
Miss Mary Adams 
Mrs. E. Fowler. 

“ F. F. Goodwin 
“ C. T. Merritt 
“ C. R. Sherman 
“ Cowenhaven 
“ F. A. Brower 
‘ ‘ Le Page 
“ C. McLean 

Utica Auxiliary. 

Mrs. R. Lee Fairbank 
Miss Anne Ridgely Dashiell 
Mrs. A. H. Ballou 
Miss Agnes Helen Davis 
Mrs. Jennie K. Stanton 
Miss Anna Dwight Ferris 
Miss Harding 

Tivoli Branch. 

Mrs. Johnston L. De Peyster 
‘ ‘ Robert Clarkson 
“ Robert R. Livingston 
“ Louis Livingston 
“ G. Redwood 
Miss Freeborn 
“ Helen Clarkson 
“ Maud Hoffman 
Estelle de Peyster 
Mrs. MacniflE 
Miss Eunice P. Otis 
IVIrs. Letitia Anderson 
“ J. H. Feroe 
“ C. M. Otis 

Fortnightly Auxiliary (Jamestown, N. Y. ) 

Grace C. Gifford 

Evelyn Newland Post 

Carrie J. Hyde 

Josephine Fenton Gifford 

Mary Barber Woodward 

Mary H. Tuckerman 

Elizabeth Warner Marvin 


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S. Flora Broadhead 
Jeannette Fenton Gilbert 
Margaret A. Broadhead 

Hamilton Auxiliary. 

Mrs. A. E. Lewis 
“ W. F. Langworthy 
“ J. W. Hum 
“ C. W. Spencer 
“ F. O. Lloyd 
“ E. Hardy 
“ M. E. Grosvenor 
“ W. W. Bardeen 
“ Mary Rambeare 
Rev. W. N. Clarke 
Miss Emily Clarke 

Georgia Army and Navy Leaguf': 

OK Atlanta, Ga. 

Mrs. W. S. Witham 
“ W. Y. Atkinson 
“ J. C. Hunter 
Miss Mattie Glover 
“ S. G. Whaley 
Mrs. Geo. W. Harrison 
“ Joseph S. Raine 
“ Wm. W. McAfee 
“ T. B. Neal 
“ W. C. Jarnagin 
“ John S. Candler 
Mr. J. S. Mitchell 
Mrs. Albert E. Thornton 
“ A. J. West 
“ Rhoda Hill 
“ J. H. Boyd 
“ Jno. C. Macaslin 
“ E. G. McCabe 
“ Thos. H. Morgan 
“ Paul Romare 
“ G. B. Denman 
“ M. E. Wayne 
“ W. J. Loader 
“ Loulie M. Gordon 
“ E. L. Connally 
Miss Julia McKinley 
Mrs. Robert E. Park 
Miss Kate Rainsford 
“ Agatha Sheehan 
Mrs. A. B. Steel 
“ Joseph Hirsch 


Mrs. H. L. Schlesinger 
Miss Ray Schlesinger 
Mr. H. L. Schlesinger 
Mrs. Joseph N. Moody 
The Manning Circle, 26 members 
Mrs. J. H. McCastlin 
“ P. J. Moran 
“ J. J. Lynch 
‘ ‘ Paul Paversich 
“ Jno. Ryan 
Miss Ida Ryan 
Mr.s. C. J. Sheehan 
“ C. C. Nichols 
“ P. H. Donnally 
“ J. C. Corbally 
“ S. N. Dykeman 
“ Eula Griffin 
“ Z. Harrison 
“ H. Kuhrt 
“ Kate Wotton 
Miss Kate Wotton 
“ Julia Riadan 
“ Elizabeth Walpole 
“ Angela Otis 
“ Lillie Lovett 
“ Josephine Manley 
“ Jennie Golden 
“ Lillie Flynn 
Mrs. Jas. Meegan 
“ R. D. Spalding 
Miss M. Bellingrath 
Mrs. George C. Tenny 
“ Jno. C. Reed 
“ Grant Wilkins 
Miss Evelyn Bell 
Mrs. M. L. Underwood 
“ F. P. Gale 
“ W. J. Montgomery 
“ Geo. J. Dexter 
“ Jno. Milledge 
“ Thos. J. Brown 
“ Frank Adams 
Miss M. B. Gentry 
Misses Hirsch 
Miss S. J. Carter 
Mrs. Henry Hirsch 
“ Morris Hirsch 
“ J. Regenstine 
“ D. Rich 


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TO JOIN POLICE FORCE, 






Miss Madeline H irsch 
Mrs. Geo. B. Denman 
“ Lena B. Swift 
Misses Swift 
Mrs. Julia I. Patton 
Miss Julia Wilkins 
Mrs. Mary G. Roper 
“ Frank Gordon 
“ W. W. Landrum 
“ J. S. Todd 
“ Henry Jackson 
“ Robert Ridley 
“ Geo. Winship 
“ J. S. Bigby 
“ E. H. Barnes 
“ W. C. Lanier 
“ J. B. S. Holmes 
“ W. D. Grant 
“ Jack Slaton 
“ J. D. Carter 
“ Geo. C. Smith 
“ W. L. Peel 
Misses Roper 
Miss Stacy Earnest 
“ Willie Mayson 
Mrs. Frank Ellis 
Miss Edith Stephens 
“ Eugenia Stephens 
“ Mary K. Bigby 
Mrs. William King 
“ A. D. Candler 
“ W. P. Patills 
“ Lollie Belle Wylie 
Miss Louise Mumford 
“ Miss Rosa Woodberry 
Mrs. James Prince 
“ John P. Atkinson 
Miss Eva Chamberlain 
“ Lucille Atkinson 
‘ ‘ Daisy Holliday 
“ Linda Gordon 
“ Louise Harris 
“ Dee Murphey 
Mrs. McD. Wilson 
“ Charles Northen 
“ E. P. McBurney 
“ Robert Maddox, Jr. 

“ Henry Wei house 
“ Albert Steiner 


Miss Julia Wilkins 
“ Nellie Howell 
“ Mary L. G. Huntley 
Mrs. W. W. Draper ^ 

INIiss Hortense Hochstraser \ 

Mrs. Jennie L. Byers 
“ Cyrus McCormi9k 
^Ir. George Westinghouse 
IMiss Lula Kingsberry 
Mrs. Richard Johnson 
Mr. L. B. Folsom 
“ W. B. Berry 
Mrs. W. W. Draper 
“ B. P. Dugas 
“ L. Gaillard 
“ W. C. Mure 
Miss Louis Mumford 
.Airs. C. H. Cohen 

Poughkeepsie Auxu.i.\ky. 

Miss Helen Wilkison Reynolds 
“ Cleona M. A. Glass 
Marian Swift Holmes 
“ Katherine Innis Arnold 
“ Grace Maynard Buck 
“ Margaret Wells Buck 
“ Alaria Roosevelt Bunce 
“ Mildred Burt 
“ Helen Candee 
“ Mabel Cooley 
“ May Cooley 
“ Rosa B. Cooley 
“ Mary E. Cornwell 
“ Irene Cornwell 
“ Helen Cornwell 
“ Amy Crary 
“ Cornelia Fulton Crary 
“ Alice Crary 
“ Ella AVelbon Cramer 
“ Ella A. Fryer 
“ Elise Hampton 
“ Laura Hasbrouck 
“ Emily Forrester Johnston 
“ Katherine Johnston 
“ Isabelle Alorgan 
“ Amee Myers 
“ Fanny S. Myers 
“ Katherine Wright Myers 
“ Lucy Myers 


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Miss Alethea Flower Putnam 
“ Sara Putnam 
“ Agnes Reeves 
“ May L. Reynolds 
“ Dora Neville Taylor 
“ Emily Wendell Taylor 
“ Mildred Eveleigh 
“ Frances Armstrong 
“ Emily Augusta Taylor 
“ Josephine Tuthill 
“ Melvina Van Kleeck 
“ Edith Wilkinson 
“ Young 
Mrs. Holmes 
“ Johnston 
Miss Thomas 
Mrs. G. R. Hadsell 
Mr. Ropes 
Mrs. Keith 
Mr. Varian 
Mrs. Swift 
“ Cheney 
“ Raub 
“ Putnam 
Miss Putnam 
Mrs. W. A. Adriance 
Henry H. Van Cleef 
Dr. Mann 
Miss Sarah Putnam 
Mrs. W. Thorne 
“ Thorne 
Mrs. George Patten 
“ H. H. Valentine 
Mr. F. G. Etheredge 
“ Charles Seeholzer 
Mrs. Mandeville 
Miss Slaight 
Mrs. Axholm 
Dr. Faust 
Miss K. Myers 
Mrs. John Pel ton 
“ Buckingham 
Dr. Shelburg 
“ Warring 
Mr. Francis Bock 
Rev. Mr. Weikert 
^Ir. H. L, Young 
Mrs. Jacob Jewett 
Mr. E. Platt 


Donald, Converse & Co. 

Mrs. C. Bartlett 
Mr. Fred Lyke 
Miss Stennett 
Dales & Burrows 
W. W. Smith 
Mrs. Jackman 
Mr. B. Barnes 
“ Pulsiver 
Mrs. Goetchius 
Miss Hampton 
“ E. Johnston 
Mrs. Maynard 
“ Kirby 
‘ ‘ Trowbridge 
“ A. L. Allen 
“ Hill 
“ S. Jones 
“ A. Fryer 
' ‘ E. Barnes 
“ Ellen Van Cleef 
Miss Mary Cornwell 
“ Helen Converse 
“ M. Barnard 
“ Irene Cornwell 
Mrs. Butts 
“ W. W. Smith 
“ A. R. Hicks 
Mr. Frank Hasbrouck 
Mrs. Silas Wodell 
Miss Esther Fuller 
Mrs. Beard 
“ F. J. Allen 
Hon. J. Le Fevre 
Mrs. R. E. Taylor 
Mr. W. L. Dean 
“ W. R. Maloney 
Mrs. E. Van Kleeck 

“ Henry Booth and family 
Miss Lucy Atwater 
Mrs. Wendell 
Marion Swift Holmes 
Miss Fanny S. Myers 
Mr. Fred Vail 
Mrs. Helen Barber 
Mr. Anson Tunis 
“ Edmund Platt 
“ H. A. Richardson 
Miss Barnes 


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Mrs. Zebulon Rudd 
Mrs Noble 
“ Braman 
“ C. N. Arnold 
Mr. Von der Linden 
Mrs. Wheaton 
Mrs. Levi Lumb 
Mrs. E. Atwater 
Father Nilan 
Mrs. Strickler 
P. L. Van Wagenen 
Miss Mabel Lororne 
Cornelia A. Atwill 
Miss K. Wodell 
Mr. F. B. Taylor 
Mrs. D. C. Foster 
Norman Wright 
Mrs. J. Reynolds 
Miss A. Cornwell 
Mrs. E. Beck 
Miss L. Hasbrouck 
C. B. Massey 
Mrs. D. C. Roe 
Miss Menett 
‘ ‘ Scofield 
St. Mary’s Church 
Mrs. H. Wilson 
Miss Brill 
Mr. F. Brill 
Miss H. Van Kleeck 
Mr. Ferris 
W. A. Stoddard 
Miss Harriet Platt 
Mrs. Sickley 
Moore Bros. 

Mrs. C. W. Pilgrim 
“ G. C. Bayley 
“ J. F. Barnard 
Miss Edith Newbold 
Mrs. R. G. Swift 
“ Lena Klady 
“ W. Ropes 
^lass Meeting 
P. Callaghan 
Miss H. Loomis 
Miss Van Wagenen 
W. W. Smith 
Mrs. A. Simpson 
Miss Lydia Arnold 


Miss H. Cary 
Countess D’Arschot 
Mr. P. Van Wagenen 
“ A. M. Young 
Edward S. Henry 
Irving Gririnell 
Mrs. S. W. Swords 
“ E. B. Husted ^ 
Glenham Reformed Church 
Mrs. D. W. Burnham 
Mr. G. S. Coddington 
John J. Donaldson 
Dr. Von B. Thompson 
Mrs. A. P. Van Gilson 

Vassar Au.xiliary. 

Mr. H. G. Tobey 
Mrs. H. G. Tobey 
Mr. T. L. Rushmore 
Mrs. T. L. Rushmore 
“ S. H. Tobey 
‘ ‘ Alex. Taylor 
“ Dickerman 
“ Mabley 
Miss Mabley 
Clarence Tucker 
A. H. Wheeler 
Lottie L. Robbins 
Lulu Henriques 
John T. Farley 
Mrs. B. Rhodes 
“ M. S. Rushmore 
“ William S. Cornell 
“ John Roberts Fenn 
Miss Nellie Smith 
“ Garrett 
Mrs. J. P. Kimball 
Miss Katharine Ely 
“ A. M. Ely 
“ Lena G. Wylie 
Mrs. Plurose 
ISIiss R. H. Walworth 
“ M. H. Whitney 
“ Living.stone 
“ A. W. Ewing 
Mrs. Cranford 

“ Charles Thorsen 
Miss E. D. Storer 

“ Caroline M. Pelgram 


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Washington Avenue Baptist Church 
Auxiliary (Brooklyn). 

Mrs. Will Carlton 
Miss Kimball 
Mrs. Eugene Blackford 
Miss Sarah Mangam 
Mrs. Edwin Ludlum 
Mr. Paul Vernon 
Mrs. Royal C. Peabody 
Mr. F. E. Smith 
“ Frank Sniff en 
Miss Jessie R. Clark 
Mr. W. C. Clark 
“ D. R. Morse 
Mrs. Frank Sniffen 
“ George Vernon 
Miss S. R. Morse 
Mrs. J. M. Graff 
Mr. C. L. Roe 
Mrs. C. L. Dunn 
“ A. Meyers 
Miss Jessie Jervis 
Mr. J. F. Sauxay 
Mrs. H. C. Jervis 
Miss May Alice 
Mrs. Wm. H. Alice 
Jilr. C. A. Fincker 
Mrs. C. A. Fincker 
Mr. A. L. Fincker 
Mrs. A. L. Fincker 
“ Hiram Burnett 
Miss Joanna Burnett 
^Irs. O. P. Thompson 
^Ir. E. Everett 
Miss Mina Everett 
Mrs. H. Sibell 
“ A. S. Bacon 
‘ ‘ Sarah Potter 
“ S. M. Sniffen 
“ Horace Sill 
“ Susan B. Stevens 
“ James M. ISIead 
^liss L. W. Dunn 
Mr. A. J. Wood 
Mrs. C. J. Field 
“ E. H. Wemple 
“ C. R. Field 
Miss I. M. Angell 


Mr. Belcher T. Thurlow 
Mrs. Belcher T. Thurlow 
Mr. Vanderbilt 
Mrs. Lena Vanderbilt 
“ T. Webber 
Mr. W. A. Cotton 
“ Wm. J. Courtney 
“ S. V. Leslie 
Miss Mary Mangam 
Mr. E. F. Stevens 
Mrs. Frank Harvey Field 
Mr. Wm. H. Colton 
“ Robert McDonald 
Mrs. Robert McDonald 
Mr. C. H. Cone 
“ Eugene Blackford 
Mrs. C. H. Colton 
“ A. M. Wedgerett 
“ Wm. D. Mangam 
Miss S. R. Mangam 
Mrs. W. D. Bancker 
“ Edward Harriott 
Miss Clara Louise Duncan 
Mrs. F. Linde 
“ F. Keeney 
“ Warren S. Silcox 
“ J. Edward Chapman 
“ C. I. Gibbs 
“ Josephine E. Courtney 
Miss Mary Ireland 
Mrs. George Sterritt 
Miss Eveline Graff 
“ Fannie Darrow 
Mrs. A. H. Wedger 
“ James Brumley 
Miss Louise Warren 
Mrs. I. G. Cheney 
Mr. Harry Grimley 
Miss Mary Murphy 

The United Daughters ok the 
Confederacy. 

Mrs. E. N. Alexander 
“ M. L. Brodnax 
“ H. N. Bullington 
Miss Bessie Clay 
INIrs. J. J. Carey 
“ Jefferson Davis 
“ F. G. Finlay 


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“ F. H. Lane 
“ R. J. Moses 
“ J. H. Parker 
“ McLean Parker 
“ A. B. Stewart 
“ A. P. Tachaberry 
Miss L. B. Thomas 
“ J. Walton 
Mrs. T. C. Gaskin 
“ M. E. Ryerson 
“ Leroy Brown 
“ A. F. Besson 
“ A. W. Cochrane 
“ Walker Curry 
“ W. W. Childs 
“ W. R. Dold 
” E. S. Gaillard 
“ Geo. Hurxthal 
“ E. M. Keith 
“ M. J. McConnell 
“ Edward Owen 
“ F. R. Price 
“ W. W. Read 
Miss M. H. Tannahill 
Mrs. F. B. Tippett 
Miss S. R. Thomas 
Mrs. G. H. Winkler 
“ W. S. Young 

Additional Me.mders. 
Miss Katharine W. Davis 
“ Laura Russell 
Mrs. J. W. Cooper 
“ Richard Holmes 
“ Charles I. Litchfield 
“ Phebe R. Clifford 
Miss Eleanor Ryerson 

Registration Rolls. 
Thomas Constable 
William Hayden 
Charles Woheborn 
David B. Altemus 
J. Sessebrumm 
R. J. Hume 
Mr. Bresslau 
Charles Keiser 


T. J. Mahoney 

Mrs. Bradley L. Eaton 

Lucy G. Barnard 

Plenry H. Barnard / 

W. D. Duncan ^ 

Mr. Hormick 

Albert Brick / 

F. H. Blakeman 
F. F. Lambley 
Mrs. Amy W. Hersh 
Miss K. Condit 
County 
Mr. Dyer 
Mrs. L. N. Jones 
Ruth A. Roe 
J. F. Buck 
C. A. Koelsch 
Elizabeth F. Parks 
Ruth F. Roe 
Edna White Tipple 
E. S. Tipple 
Kenneth Hills Bitting 
Mrs. J. R. Senior 
Florence H. Leggett 
The Misses Baretta 
Clinton H. Leggett 
William T. Leggett 
Eleanor L. Coffin 
Helen E. Brown 
Mrs. S. B. Wickens 
‘ ‘ Robert Depew 
Loton Horten 
Edwards, Merrill & Co. 

Madame Lazzari 
Madame Lazzari 
Mrs. and Mr. W. F. Boothe 
Mr Charles A. Appleton 
Mrs. Thomas B. Harper 
“ Elmer Schofield 
Mr. E. Schofield 
Mrs. Schofield 
“ Horner 
“ Harper 
“ W. T. Florence 
E. A. Smith 
C. A. Brunner 
A. E. Woods 
Edith P. Rowland 
J. A. Rand 


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Mrs. J. G. Newcomb 
Wm. B. Franke 
Mrs. Wm. Lawson 
“ J. Beers Moffett 
“ J. Hedges Crowell 
“ H. N. Lawrence 
Mr. Russell Sage 
The Misses Tilford 
Frederick Nelson 
Mrs. R. W. Townsend 
“ T. B. Meigs 
Agnes A. Northrop 
Mrs. G. H. Moore 
^liss Emily Schwab 
Mrs. Geo. O. Cole 
Alice L. Coley 
Mrs. Solomon Kirby 
Henry R. Moore 
James Brice 
Miss Wheeler 
Mrs. C. J. Barnum 
W. O. Wheeler 
C. B. Sedgwick 
Mr. Thos. Ryan 
“ V. Smith 
Mrs. Gustav Schwab 
“ C. C. Tiffany 
Mr. Gilbert Smith 
Mrs. Denning 
“ C. A. Low 
Mr. von Post 
Mrs. W. C. Story 
Miss E. A. Weber 
Mrs. Jac. T. Blackstone 
“ F. A. Bochman 
Mrs. Charles A. Hoyt 
St. Charles Borromeo’s School 
Miss Bella Me Gown 
“ L. A. Sherman 
Journay & Burnham 


J. H'. Meyer 
Mrs. W. L. Barrett 
“ F. P. East 
Miss Julia Kellogg 
Mrs. John Hamilton Telfair 
“ Newman 
Mr. J. C. Day 
Mrs. Horace Baker 
Miss Clara P. White 
Mrs. Whiting 
Katie Clemens 
Mrs. Alfred T. Cross 
“ Agnes M. Lippert 
Dr. Frieda E. Lippert 
Jane De G. Thompson 
Mrs. Philip Sydney Swain 
Miss Morse 

Mrs. R. E. Livingston 
Jno. H. Gregory 
Sarah C. Sherman 
Mrs. Bert Wilson 
“ Knox 

“ Alfred Tuckerman 
J. Harry Schoeller 
Theodore Mavache 
Charles A. Grandjean 
Irma Fried 
Mrs. Horace Baker 
“ Geo. R. Sullivan 
Edith Symington 
Susan A. Sherman 
Mrs. Fred Hasbrouck 
Mr. C. Hilton Brown 
Mrs. C. Hilton Brown 
Gladyse A. Brown 
George A. Nelson 
Mrs. S. A. Stillman 
J. Edward Swanstrom 
Airs. Ada Larrabee 
Edith Scott 


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